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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 13

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (February 2019).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 13th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

I hope everyone is having a great year so far! --DannyS712 (talk) 15:53, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiCup 2020 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
  • England Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
  • United States Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
  • Somerset Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
  • Pirate flag CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.
  • The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included United States L293D, Venezuela Kingsif, Antarctica Enwebb, England Lee Vilenski and Nepal CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup newsletter correction

There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; United States L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, United States Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-10

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Problems

  • Readers who were not logged in briefly saw the interface in a language decided by their browser. It should normally be in the language of the wiki. This happened for a short period of time last week. This was because of a bug. [1]

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  • Advanced item wgMFSpecialCaseMainPage was used for the mobile site. It was deprecated in 2017. It will stop working in April. Wikis should see if they use it. If they do they should fix it. You can read more and ask for help. This affects 183 wikis. There is a list. [6]

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00:35, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sulphur Crisis of 1840

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Sulphur Crisis of 1840 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 03:41, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted

Hi Eddie891, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! Chetsford (talk) 20:35, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

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17:14, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Sulphur Crisis of 1840

The article Sulphur Crisis of 1840 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sulphur Crisis of 1840 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Gog the Mild -- Gog the Mild (talk) 16:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020

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  • Advanced item There is a new API module for changing the content model of existing pages. Use action=changecontentmodel to specify the new model. You can read the documentation on mediawiki.org. [11]

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  • You can see a proposed design for replying to comments in an easier way.

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21:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

St. Patrick's Day

Pärt: The Deer's Cry

decoration + music with thanks from QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:10, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

"Nothing wrong with a redlink"? (your edit to For the Fallen)

True in so far as it goes (if one ignores possible user confusion, inadvertent misdirection, and sundry other matters). In fact assuming the redlink refers to an article that has not been written (yet) but could (or even should) be it might even serve as a practical reminder to editors to get at least a stub up and running. But Authors' declaration does not qualify - it doesn't just refer to an article that doesn't exist - but one that patently never will exist, at least under that name. If you see the point. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 23:02, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Back already. Will duplicate this lot on my own talk page to keep both threads intelligible. I will put my case as succinctly but comprehensively as I can.
1. Redlinks are inherently pernicious - they should be avoided except in the case when there are genuine reasons why a particular "link" might be useful (e.g. as a reminder to other editors that an important and relevant article is missing and needs to be written - especially if it is one that will attract links from other articles.) In any case the inclusion of a redlink here (or anywhere else) is something that requires a positive cause, not a "why not".)
2. Assuming that an article on this specific subject was ever written, "Authors' declaration" is NOT a natural title for anything (as it stands) - although it could possibly serve as the title of a disambiguation page (?!) The actual title would be something like "Authors' declaration (New York Times - 18 September 1914), or perhaps "Authors' declaration (justifying British entry into the First World War") anything, in fact, that gave a reasonable indication of the subject of the article. Thus the (blue) link would be something like authors' declaration.
3. The declaration itself is extremely obscure - the case for an article on it (however named) to be included might well run into "notability" questions. Details relevant to this article are already part of the text anyway.
Sorry if this seems like taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 00:39, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
Soundofmusicals, Fair enough. Might as well leave it be. There're plenty of other articles for me to write. Best wishes and happy editing, Eddie891 Talk Work 15:21, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
As you say - lots of much more important stuff that needs fixing! And very best wishes to you, too! --Soundofmusicals (talk) 18:37, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2019 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2. With 56 contestants qualifying, each group in Round 2 contains seven contestants, with the two leaders from each group due to qualify for Round 3 as well as the top sixteen remaining contestants.

Our top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • United States L293D, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with ten good articles on submarines for a total of 357 points.
  • Adam Cuerden, a WikiCup veteran, came next with 274 points, mostly from eight featured pictures, restorations of artwork.
  • Denmark MPJ-DK, a wrestling enthusiast, was in third place with 263 points, garnered from a featured list, five good articles, two DYKs and four GARs.
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In appreciation

The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your being a Reviewer Extroidinaire: thorough, painstalking, modest, cheery, always open to discussion on a point, but not giving way when you believe that a nominator has got it wrong. Getting a sign off from you always gives me an extra glow. Keep it up. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:32, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Although, while I am here, what are you considering for your next FAC? Gog the Mild (talk) 23:32, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Gog the Mild, First of all, thank you so much for this! It means a lot especially in these rather trying times. As far as content goes, I've hit a bit of a lull in article writing... I still plan on finishing Fabian Ware up, but I just need to convince myself to get through the rest of Crane's book. I'm more currently working on User:Eddie891/Katangese Gendarmerie (collab w/ Indy beetle), just needs another paragraph to finish up a fascinating story of the army built and led largely by Belgian mercenaries into one of the more significant fighting forces of the mid-late 19th century who became an army without a state in Angola. In the future, I plan a re-write of Military Staff Committee. I hope to shore Ware up for an A-class nom by sometime next week. Eddie891 Talk Work 23:49, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
I await FW with a keen interest. Gog the Mild (talk) 00:05, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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19:02, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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For Katangese Gendarmerie - this is a great article!! Indy_beetle is more focused and probably more qualified than me to review carefully - I'm remote from most of my books, except Prunier 2009. Post on Milhist for other views as well.. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:41, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
I see you've quoted Prunier 2009, as well as the other one I wanted to check had been used, Gerald-Lubois, Katanga Secession. Have you looked at O'Brien, To Katanga And Back? But great start - now as an extra and improvement over the long term, would want blow-by-blow well referenced listing of all engagements with ONUC troops, ideally.. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:45, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
Buckshot06: thanks for the feedback- I hope you’re well in these trying times. I’ll certainly get those books again as soon as we get out of quarantine in NY (could be a while!) I have kennes and Larmer online and plan on getting the others from libraries asap. Indy beetle actually contributed the the article a fair amount- many of the other sources are their doing, as they were the first person I turned to for help. I’ll certainly reach further out for feedback from the rest of Milhist when I get more sources incorporated. Thanks again! Eddie891 Talk Work 22:58, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
I should note you have started on detailing the fighting with ONUC; my predilection is to always want more, more, and more data from all relatively solid sources, so good start. AS far as I can tell, there has never been any proper history of ONUC written. Would also ask you consider extracting the useful text & references you've written for ONUC and importing them into that article as well.. Buckshot06 (talk) 23:05, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020

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Your GA nomination of Military Staff Committee

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Your GA nomination of Military Staff Committee

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Your GA nomination of Military Staff Committee

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National Pacification Army GAN

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DYK for Peregrine Pollen

On 21 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Peregrine Pollen, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that auctioneer Peregrine Pollen once smuggled four Impressionist paintings out of Buenos Aires in a Beatles poster? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Peregrine Pollen. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Peregrine Pollen), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Smallbones, Responded Eddie891 Talk Work 22:48, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

GA backlog drive

Hi, thanks for your email but I'm not a participant in the drive. To be honest, I'm not sure why an official drive and promises of barnstars motivate people to review a lot more articles than they would otherwise. You'd have to ask them I guess. buidhe 23:25, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Buidhe, That's fine, and thanks for getting back to me! I guess I was more wondering if you had anything to say about potential long-term reform, as I saw you are pretty active on the GA talk about things like that Eddie891 Talk Work 23:27, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
The main problem with GAN is that reviewing is highly concentrated among a small number of users, while nominating is much more broad-based. (If you look at WP:GAN, you can see that the vast majority of reviewers have done more reviews than the nominator.) Many nominators are new to the process and others are prolific nominators uninterested in reviewing. Requiring a quid pro quo, as was instituted at DYK, would help expand the base of reviewers, but the cost would be more pro forma reviews and pushing away would-be nominators who write quality articles. (Restricting the number of nominations wouldn't help much. Even looking pre-backlog, only a small fraction of nominations are above the suggested threshhold of five nominations per user. Perhaps this is because nominators with a track record are more appealing to reviewers, leading to shorter waits for them.) The backlog drive seems mostly to encourage increased participation in GA reviewing by people who were already prolific reviewers, and it's equally concentrated; the top five reviewers or so have done a majority of backlog reviews to date. On the other hand, the drive has significantly incresed overall reviewing and shrunk the backlog. Hope that's what you were looking for. buidhe 05:36, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Comment from Vami_IV

Responding to your email:

I hate to disappoint, but I must - I don't know very much about GA in general, and I don't have to tell you the drive has been a success. I'm very much the person swinging the sword rather than thinking of the best ways to swing it. I'm glad to give my two cents on WP:GA and the drive, though.

1. The success of the drive is a combination of the coronavirus quarantine life, advertisement (I saw MX asking Buidhe about participating in it), the hardworking spirit of The Rambling Man, and prestige seeking. As Buidhe pointed out above, a hardcore clique of editors does the heavy lifting, and now they have a lot more time to do that lifting. It'll also net them wikikarma, whether or not that's what they're after.

2. Buidhe suggested a quid pro quo system, and that might be workable. I like the implied network-building between editors, for better or worse. Otherwise, I would very much like to more easily and quickly be able to check out the credentials of an article's references. This would immediately make reviewing articles on subjects you're not familiar, or articles with lots of references, with much easier.

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GA templates

Hi Eddie. I am no expert on the GA process, so I might be wrong, but... I am pretty sure Template:GA and Template:FailedGA are supposed to be transcluded, not substituted (e.g. here and here). The substituted versions add a lot of clutter at the top of the talk page and make it much harder to edit the notice if necessary. -- Black Falcon (talk) 02:42, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Black Falcon you are quite right! I just noticed this tonight (when you fixed it, might I add) and was planning to go through my reviewed articles tomorrow and fix them... thanks for catching that— sometimes I wonder whether I’m quite qualified to be editing here . . . Eddie891 Talk Work 02:46, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
You're too modest, sir! I think there isn't a longtime editor here who hasn't had an issue with some template or other at some point in time. :) I saw and fixed three instances, but thank you for planning to take care of the rest! Cheers, -- Black Falcon (talk) 03:01, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Black Falcon, I've gone through my reviews from the drive, but I don't exactly have a list of my other reviews, so I'll just continue fixing them as I see them-- Not all of my 45 reviews were subst-ed also, I think that's something I picked up rather recently... Eddie891 Talk Work 12:05, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for going back and fixing what you could find. If there are any others, I am sure they'll be seen and fixed over time. Cheers, -- Black Falcon (talk) 16:05, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

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Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)

Hi Eddie. On the strength of your thorough review of it for GAN, I have just nominated Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC) for FAC. Being both cheeky and completely shameless, can I invite you to consider continuing your excellently rigorous examination at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Battle of the Bagradas River (255 BC)/archive1? Obviously, if time or motivation don't permit, then no worries. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:56, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Gog the Mild, Dear me, I will sure try! I'm largely sticking to GA reviews until I get a few more FA's under my belt, but always happy to review upon request Eddie891 Talk Work 17:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Eddie, I have done over 120 FAC reviews and been on the receiving end of even more and, trust me, your GAN reviews would not be out off place at FAC. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:57, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
PS. And thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:57, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
Gog the Mild: I'll make my way over there tonight or tomorrow, hang tight Eddie891 Talk Work 19:41, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
There is no rush Eddie, FACs take an absolute minimum of two weeks, usually over a month. But I confess that I will rest a little easier knowing that someone both rigorous and friendly has gone over it. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:50, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Happy Easter

or: the resurrection of loving-kindness --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt, thank you for all your work and always having the time to leave a nice message on my talk, It's really appreciated though I may not respond all the time Eddie891 Talk Work 12:08, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
thank you, and today, there's Le Concert Spirituel --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
... and today Credo, or this is the day from Psalm 118. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:58, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  • England Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  • Somerset Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  • England Lee Vilenski with 869 points, Gondor Hog Farm with 801, Venezuela Kingsif with 719, Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce with 710, United States Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and Mexico MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

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Hope everyone stays safe. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Daniel Isom Sultan

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Your GA nomination of Daniel Isom Sultan

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Precious anniversary

Precious
Two years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:52, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt, hard to believe I've been around for that long already! Feels like it's barely been a year since I joined the project. Thanks, for everything you do! I think there's a potential precious recipient in the ga reviewer just above... Would you mind if I gave it to them? Eddie891 Talk Work 13:48, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

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New message from MrClog

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I forgot to ping you. MrClog (talk) 15:19, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
Reward for improving John Hemingway's article per bounty offered. Mjroots (talk) 14:10, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you for helping with my page I created for Walter Conway!!SDEditor101 (talk) 23:30, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

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Fabian Ware

Hi Eddie, would you mind posting Fabian Ware at GoCE Requests, where I will pick it up and work on it. This will mean that it will formally go down to my credit there. GoCE is where I started when I first became active on Wikipedia. And while, in truth I am too busy with content creation and reviews to pull my weight there, I like to feel that I am still paying my dues, as it were. Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:59, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Gog the Mild: with pleasure! I believe it’s been correctly listed? Eddie891 Talk Work 21:34, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello

I've not extensively trawled your edit history, but you seem like a good chap, helpful and collaborative. Have you ever considered running for admin? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:35, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Dweller, It's nice to finally 'meet' you, and I hope all is well in these unusual times. I've thought about running before (though not a lot) and am interested in the idea. Although I'm primarily involved in content creation, I could see myself of use as an admin at NPP and AfD, perhaps other places across the wiki; I would consider myself a general net positive. I've progressed a lot since joining in 2016, but of course, there are things I can improve upon. Running is definitely something I am considering, but I'd appreciate some more feedback before rushing into anything. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 19:13, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
Nice reply. Promising! Have you often been involved in conflict? Any biggies? Any that have ended up with a slap from ANI / ARBCOM? Not necessarily a deal-breaker if yes. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 08:15, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Dweller, I've not been involved in much conflict, but I'll endeavor to list all potential issues that come to mind. I've commented on one thing and never been mentioned at an admin noticeboard (see here). I've several alternate accounts, but I don't use them, and certainly not in a sockpuppeting way; and the only money I've gotten for editing was $110 for participating in the Women in Red world contest. When I was involved in AfC for the first time, I declined three drafts that I shouldn't have:
  • Complex random vector Approved by Joe Roe on 27 December 2017 (declined on 25 December 2017)
  • Mont-Huon Military Cemetery Approved by Eddie891 on 8 May 2017 (declined on 29 April 2017
  • Casting About Approved by Jovanmilic97 after I commented saying it should be accepted on 19 December 2018 (Declined 10 May 2017)
After the last one, I voluntarily relinquished my AfC right in September 2017, and began participating in AfD discussions until I felt I understood notability better and returned in September 2018. I'm now a bit active there, but not as much. Otherwise, prematurely nominated Presidency of George Washington for GA and FA, but it was a great learning experience. I vaguely remember after the FA failed a user wanting to dramatically change it, and myself not agreeing based on the fact that it received support on the prose; now I would discuss proposed changes further instead.
As far as conflict goes, there's not much: A user was blocked per WP:NPA, after an admin thought they attacked me on an AfC submission. I was a little less polite than I try to be on Talk:Groom Mine/GA1, but apologized to the user and they were fine about it. I created Draft:List of honors received by Fred Rogers and it was tagged for copyvio and deleted (because I copied text from Fred Rodgers) before I had a chance to comment on it. I was frustrated and left a rather unhappy note on the taggers talk, and they summarily reverted it. I made a mistake at Monetary/fiscal policy debate somehow, but the page was eventually restored (see here and here)
I used to be under the mistaken impression that AfD could be used as a way of ensuring discussion for requested merges or redirects, resulting in a rather misguided nomination or two of notable topics.
I write for The Signpost, but have been involved in exactly no conflict in that capacity. I was testing a script for writing Featured Content and accidentally ran a few bot edits at User:Filnik/Report, but reverted them when I realized. I filed one SPI at here. I've edited RFPP a few times, though I doubt I'd be involved with that. My most recent filing was declined here, but the page was eventually protected.
Sorry if this is a little more detail then you wanted, but I just wanted to be thorough. I think that's the extent of my conflict; if anything else big comes to mind, I'll mention it. I try to be helpful and cooperative rather than conflicting, and particularly in the last two years, I've almost completely avoided major disagreeing. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 12:58, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Unusually honest and self-reflective. I like that. I strongly recommend a WP:ORCP and, if I may be so bold, I suggest you review User:Dweller/Tips for aspiring future admins. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:12, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Dweller, I've gone ahead and filed a poll, and will review your tips in more depth later today. Thanks again, Eddie891 Talk Work 14:52, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Terrific. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Please be aware of an alternate view of the utility of the poll: some editors think it is harmful for serious candidates. It may get raised during the poll. isaacl (talk) 18:34, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Interesting. I think it's better to get harsh criticism from a small number of contributors there than suffer a pile-on oppose RfA, but thank you. Eddie, you're getting terrific feedback, I think. Really actionable. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:46, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Some people think the pile-on is worse after a poll; I gave my view in the thread to which I linked. isaacl (talk) 21:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Message to talk page stalkers

Please do contribute at Eddie's ORCP. Constructive criticism is good. Better to see it at ORCP and deal with it in some way than as a shock at a [premature] RfA. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 16:03, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Dweller, Not sure if you have noticed, but the ORCP has been archived recently. I think the feedback was very good and useful on the whole, and agree it's really actionable. I've been and plan to continue upping AfD participation, as that's something the commenters suggested. HJ Mitchell's comments were particularly helpful, and I think Fabian Ware (the article he mentioned) will be up for FAC or an A-class nomination some time this week, and will hopefully pass towards mid/late June. I'd be curious to hear your opinion on things now that the poll is concluded. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 22:47, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

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May

May · Mary · Monteverdi

Thank you for article improvements in May! - DYK our list of people for whose life I'm thankful enough to improve their articles? - I have a FAC open, one of Monteverdi's exceptional works, in memory of Brian who passed me his collected sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

today a composer pictured who wrote a triple concerto for violin, harp and double bass, in honour of the composer who died and my brother who plays double bass. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:55, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Reviewer Barnstar
For reviewing a number of my good article nominations, and kindly bearing with my idiosyncratic writing style. Hog Farm (talk) 18:40, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Hog Farm, it really has been my pleasure-- the Civil War was my first passion (though I don't write about it often) so it's nice to see somebody working on those articles. I hate to be a bother, but if you have a moment, could you take a look at Rick Dantzler for me? I've been reviewing it, and something just seems odd, but I'm not sure what to comment on anymore. Eddie891 Talk Work 00:19, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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DYK for Lilias Margaret Frances, Countess Bathurst

On 29 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lilias Margaret Frances, Countess Bathurst, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lady Bathurst, once described as "the most powerful woman in England, without exception other than royalty", lived in relative obscurity for the last four decades of her life? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Lilias Margaret Frances, Countess Bathurst), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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21:11, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Phara Souffrant Forrest Review

Hi Eddie!

Thank you for reviewing my draft on Phara Souffrant Forrest. I'm a bit confused because Jabari Brisport has an article about him, but he similarly hasn't won any elections and has only been covered by local papers. Should Jabari Brisport be deleted? I went ahead and put a notability flag on it just in case. Of note, Phara Souffrant Forrest was covered in Teen Vogue. Let me know if that's notable enough, or you still think we have to wait and see the results of the election. Thanks!

Brooklynpedestrian (talk) 22:39, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Brooklynpedestrian, and thanks for reaching out. The general consensus on Wikipedia is that most political candidates are not notable until (if) they win their election. Politicians who have not been successful yet must be shown to have enough coverage either outside of their campaign (somebody like Cynthia Nixon) or have a highly covered and/or unique campaign (like Christine O'Donnell). I don't think that the Teen Vogue article is quite enough coverage on its own for an article; and based on the coverage of her we just have to wait until the election results are announced. I'd agree with you that Jabari Brisport doesn't seem to have enough coverage for an article as it stands.
I encourage you to continue contributing to Wikipedia in other forms, there are many articles that need improvement! You might consider trying the Wikipedia adventure and looking at open tasks. If you would like clarification or have any further questions, feel free to ask them here; or for a quicker response or help from other editors, I'd recommend trying the teahouse or the AfC help desk. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 23:39, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Stanhope Medal

I merged Chandos Scudamore Scudamore Stanhope into Stanhope Medal. I nominated it just now. Can you look to see. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 16:25, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Doug Coldwell, Yeah sure I can take a look soon ish Eddie891 Talk Work 20:42, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Writer's Barnstar
For your wonderful Signpost report! I wrote on the history of the GA project and backlog drives a few years ago, and I enjoyed reading your suggestions and coverage of more recent events. If you ever want to do a follow-up or brainstorm how to implement ideas, let me know! — Wug·a·po·des​ 21:05, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, Wugapodes! It was an enjoyable article to write, glad to hear at least one person appreciated it . I thought your report (presumably this) was very well done-- did you do the graphs manually? They look much nicer than mine!
I posted my thoughts at Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations which I'm hoping will lead to some some discussion. I'm out of my depth as far as moving forward goes but I think some sort of change (whether it reflects my suggestions or not) would definitely help the project. I'd really appreciate hearing your thoughts on how to move forward. I'd also like to do a follow up, but there need to be things to follow up on first! Eddie891 Talk Work 20:28, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm sure many more appreciated it; it's already gotten more than 200 views! I made the graphs using the standard R plotting functions, though I've since learned of better visualization methods for that software. Your suggestion #4 is probably one of the more important ones, but also one that gets put on the backburner a lot. I've wanted to replace legobot for a while, but other projects keep getting in the way. #5 is probably really easy to implement and would pay off for announcing micro-drives or recognizing particularly outstanding reviews or nominations. I'd say that's your best bet in terms of potential benefit versus time involved. I'll think on this more, but don't feel out of your depth; WP:BOLD applies to project space too! — Wug·a·po·des​ 21:18, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Wugapodes, I'd agree with that assessment pretty much completely. I think a newsletter could be beneficial and I doubt it would take too much effort. A new bot has been suggested an incredible amount of times, so I thought I could just add to the clamor, and the other ideas just came to mind as things to consider and I figured it couldn't hurt to throw them out there I'll probably revisit any sort of proposal in a couple of weeks when I have more time. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 14:52, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

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21:38, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Re: AFD SU

Thanking you for commenting in the discussion, i want to clarify that i didn't mean that Ulvang was notable only because of coverage in Rolling Stone and NYT. You probably had the most valid argument in the whole conversation but i insist that he is not only covered by small publications. SLCW, Deccan Herald, Abq Journal, The Morning call etc. are one of the most prestigious publications in all of USA. And all of them covered him and addressed him as "Stelth Ulvang". In the majority of references, the whole article was centred around him (not just 1 paragraph) and thus none of them are trivial. Therefore WP:GNG is no-doubt met. Regarding WP:MUSICBIO, i will be more than just thankful to you if you tell me what is the weakness of my justification of it because i tried my best explaining it word by word (which got no attention). Regards Pesticide1110 (talk) 16:10, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Pesticide1110, and thanks for reaching out here. I read your explanation (I've read every word of that AFD) and it's actually pretty well laid out. I almost voted keep, and you will note that it led to me only placing a 'weak' redirect vote, which from me means that I think the other side has merit. I have some general comments on your arguments and I will analyse your sources in-depth here. As I see it, there are a bunch of 'meh' sources, which just doesn't push him over the line into the land of notability. That doesn't mean I'm definitely right (I have been known to make mistakes).
  1. assume good faith. Most people generally are trying to improve the encyclopedia and just because they don't agree with you doesn't mean they have a vendetta against you
  2. Be brief. It has been said that brevity is the soul of wit, and that's pretty true for afds as well. Users who are looking to vote in an Afd generally don't have the time or will to read through walls of text.
  3. Notability is not always clear. While you may consider the coverage here to clearly make one notable, I don't...
  4. ... and that's ok. Borderline cases like this will almost always have some disagreement as users try and form consensus about the notability of an article. Generally they reach the right consensus eventually, even if you or I don't agree with it. One of the best things on Wikipedia is that users have the right to be wrong. We have deletionists, inclusionists and everything in between. Each group has vastly different opinions on what merits an article, but through civil discussion a decent consensus is usually reached.
Hopefully this doesn't just sound like ramblings and is helpful. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:29, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Source Significant? Independent? Reliable? Secondary? Pass/Fail Notes
Facebook Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN
All music Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Only mentions him in relation to lumineers
Rocky Mountain Collegian Green tickY Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Red XN student media
SLC weekly Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Question? Interviews are not independent; see WP:INTERVIEW, most of this article is an interview
Herald Extra Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN "best known for his piano work in the chart-topping folk-pop group The Lumineers"; not significant, press release-esque ahead of his performance
Plugged IN Green tickY Red XN Red XN Red XN Red XN Interviews are not independent; see WP:INTERVIEW; published by a company
Local Spins Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Question? Question? local publication, not indicative of significance
The Bulletin Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Question? not a huge newspaper, covers him opening for another band; borderline
Colorado Community Media Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN small paper, short article coverage
Daily Camera Green tickY Question? Green tickY Green tickY Question? add for him coming to perform
Vonnegut Green tickY Question? Red XN Green tickY Red XN blog
Texx and the city Green tickY Question? Question? Green tickY Question? got no idea about the reliability of this source
Deccan Herald Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Red XN not significant, possible reprint of NYTimes article
Abq Journal Green tickY Red XN Green tickY Green tickY Red XN interviews are not independent sources
Mcall.com Green tickY Question? Green tickY Green tickY Question? some interview, some feature. Most decent of all the sources
Total qualifying sources ? There must be multiple clearly qualifying sources to meet the notability requirements
Your message proved that you're clearly one of the best here. This message also completely cleared up your point to me, which looks very valid. All the mess was created because of the difference in the perception of wikipedia between all of us. The difference in my view was due to the fact that i was comparing the situation to other identical situations where, articles much inferior to this were and are being kept. I am aiming for uniformity while you are aiming for perfection. Both, in its own right, are acceptable. Regards Pesticide1110 (talk) 17:58, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
One last thing, What do you think about this? An Inlander (newspaper) article, it just consists 2 or 3 quotes of Mr. Ulvang. Other than that, its totally independent. Regards Pesticide1110 (talk) 03:24, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

2020 Minsk Victory Parade

Hello Eddie891, I appreciate your concerns about the article. If I create a section as it relates to the long-term effects it had on Russian-Belarusian relations, Belarusian society, or the pandemic in Belarus, will that be enough to avoid deletion? AyodeleA2 (talk) 13:39, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi AyodeleA2, and thanks for your work. I honestly cannot speak beyond what I said in the deletion nomination. It is hard to demonstrate that a parade had long-term and wide-scale effects, particularly when it just occurred a month ago. If it has demonstrably long-term and major impacts then it could be independently notable. It cannot hurt to add information, but I won't guarantee it will be enough to meet WP:GNG or WP:NEVENT. Individual parades have generally been deleted at Afd when there's nothing to make them very notable (see 1 2 3). My suggestion, in this case, would be to create Minsk Victory Parade and propose redirecting or merging some content on the 2020 parade if consensus does not emerge to keep the article. Hopefully that helps somewhat. Best regards, Eddie891 Talk Work 14:11, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Here is an update: I was able to create a combined list of parades through redirecting some of the individual Minsk parades to List of Victory Day Parades in Minsk. AyodeleA2 (talk) 02:59, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

AyodeleA2, Personally, I'd support merging some content from 2020 Minsk Victory Day Parade into List of Victory Day Parades in Minsk, I think that article looks quite good overall! Thanks for all your work on these topics. -- Eddie891 Talk Work 14:48, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your comments. One more question though. Should I go ahead and redirect the information on the article or wait until the discussion is officially closed? AyodeleA2 (talk) 15:52, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

AyodeleA2, the discussion has to be closed before a decision can be made on the page Eddie891 Talk Work 16:45, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

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June

June
Vespro della Beata Vergine

Thank you for improving articles in June. I can proudly present a FA, quite a gift after a year without, and a FL is in the making, comments welcome. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-26

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18:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 June 2020

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  • Everyone was logged out. This was because a few users saw the wikis as if they were logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now. [70]
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16:30, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 16

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past two months (May and June 2020).

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WikiCup 2020 July newsletter

The third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with one featured article, 28 good articles and 17 DYKs, amassing 1836 points
  • Botswana The Rambling Man , with 1672 points gained from four featured articles and seventeen good articles, plus reviews of a large number of FACs and GAs
  • England Gog the Mild, a first time contestant, with 1540 points, a tally built largely on 4 featured articles and related bonus points.

Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, Denmark MPJ-DK added 3 items to featured topics and 44 to good topics. Over the course of the competition, contestants have completed 710 good article reviews, in comparison to 387 good articles submitted for review and promoted. These large numbers are probably linked to a GAN backlog drive in April and May, and the changed patterns of editing during the COVID-19 pandemic. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Please only use a single account

Hello, Eddie891, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. Your editing pattern indicates that you may be using multiple accounts or coordinating editing with people outside Wikipedia, such as Eddie891isthesmartestpersonever (talk · contribs). Our policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow this, and users who misuse multiple accounts may be blocked from editing. If you operate multiple accounts directly or with the help of another person, please disclose these connections. Thank you. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:44, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Hi RoySmith! I’m very confused as to why you left me this message- I have no connection to that account whatsoever and no idea who it was. Is there anything that indicates otherwise? My declared alternate accounts include User:Eddie892, User:Eddie893, and User:Eddie891's creature. I’m well aware of the socking policy and would disclose if I created an account calling myself ‘the smartest person ever’. Again, I’m not particularly upset, but I’d really appreciate some clarification here as to why you think I’m socking. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 20:36, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Eddie891, There was a complaint filed. If it's somebody pranking you, don't worry about it, but I was obligated to respond in some way. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:40, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Sandra Perron

Hello! Your submission of Sandra Perron at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 19:15, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

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20:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Fellowship and caps

Hi, saw your edits to Jonathan Parry and it has raised a query in my mind, so I've opened a discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Biography#Fellowship. Not fussed on the outcome but it does need clarifying, I think, for the sake of consistency. - Sitush (talk) 07:05, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Sitush: now that you mention it, I’m not positive what the correct capitalization is. Thanks for raising this point. I’ll weigh in there shortly. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 11:05, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

In appreciation

The Featured Article Medal
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears, and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". And then did it all over again! Gog the Mild (talk) 16:06, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
  • Thank you very much, Gog the Mild! His article took a lot more work than I anticipated, but I feel was well worth it. A good portion of the credit should really go to you, HJ Mitchell and all the reviewers, for all the help they gave— I really cannot thank you all enough. I've been very lucky to meet such great people on-wiki and I certainly could not do half what I do without a lot of help. Maybe I'll be confident enough to start reviewing some more FACs and ACRs with this under my belt? I hope you're staying healthy, I hope to see you around again soon, and best wishes for the future! -- Eddie891 Talk Work 18:13, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Cheers Eddie. Your input is, IMO, well up to ACR and/or FAC review level; and if you should choose to review more in these areas you would be a welcome addition to the ranks of reviewers. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:29, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Definitely start reviewing. Most nominators, myself included, are grateful for almost any input, and just reading the article and pointing out anything that sticks out is often the most useful thing a reviewer can do. Something that makes perfect sense to the person who wrote it might make no sense whatsoever to someone else. You'll pick up a lot of the fine point of the MoS etc as you go along. Well done on Fabian Ware. You put a lot of work into that but I hope you feel it was worth it to produce an impeccable article on such an important figure. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:16, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive

The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit
Thank you for completing an amazing 30 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias talk 07:59, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost

Hi Eddie. Really nice work on the list of new FAs in The Signpost. Is this something you are planning to do each month? Gog the Mild (talk) 20:05, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

  • Gog the Mild first off, thanks! Most of the work really is done by an ancient script that I just discovered a few months ago-- it is great, and even works half the time(!). The section is something I hope to do each month for the foreseeable future. I think recognizing our content creators is something that is done nowhere near often enough and I'm happy to do it wherever I can. Besides, it's quite enjoyable to read the articles people write and learn a bit about all these places I've never visited, all the people I'll never meet, things I won't experience. With that said, if you'd like to help out, please feel welcome to (though not obligated in any way). Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 01:05, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
    Hi Eddie. First of all, where can I get a look at this script? Secondly, I was going to draw your attention to the draft blurbs - ready for TFAs - on the FAC discussion talk pages. You may well already be aware of them. I help prepare those for MilHist and related articles, with drafts living here. I thought that they may be easier to cut down than the full articles. However, so long as you don't mind, I would be happy to help out on the MilHist side, initially at least with MilHist FAs.
    What length of summary are you aiming for? I assume that I put them on Wikipedia:Signpost/Next issue/Featured content? Gog the Mild (talk) 17:32, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
  • Gog the Mild: I absolutely don't mind your help-- in fact, you I would quite welcome it! The script generates a weekly list of featured content based upon WP:GO and its archives. The code is in this GitHub URL, you can see the basic formatting it generates at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Featuredcontentimporting (so it takes away the manual need to go through WP:FAL, WP:FLL and WP:FPL to find the number of the archive and the nominators). When it doesn't work it's usually because of improper nomination formatting or a page move after the nomination passed (the script cannot follow redirects).
I've not really decided upon a great length to aim for, though they should be a solid paragraph (probably shorter than the FA blurbs, which I will be sure to look at- they seem quite useful). Right now around 500 characters comes to mind as an arbitrary goal, but for more interesting to me longer articles (or those that escape easy summation) don't hesitate to go over. Feel free to summarize any articles as you feel like it. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 13:02, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Eddie891, I use Wikipedia:Featured articles promoted in 2020 to keep track of new FAs. I have had a go at the MilHist FAs since 20 June. See here. The nominators and a possible picture for each for you to chose from are included. Feedback is welcome. If you could amend as appropriate and post them to The Signpost I will watch and learn. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:11, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Gog the Mild, thanks very much for that! I'll take more of a look on Sunday night or Monday-- going away for the weekend shortly... Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 14:14, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
Eddie891, shorter, and more informal, versions here. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:34, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-29

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • Users can thank others for their edits. Checkusers can now see user data related to that action. This can help identify sock puppets who harass others using thanks. [74]

Problems

  • Everyone was logged out a couple of weeks ago to fix a security problem. The problem was not entirely fixed. Because of this everyone was logged out once again last week. [75][76]

Changes later this week

  • Wikis that are not for one specific language can translate pages. Sometimes parts of translations are outdated or missing. Outdated translations are marked with a pink background. Missing translations will also be marked in the future. This markup can sometimes break things. It can soon be disabled by using <translate nowrap></translate> on the source page. [77]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 July. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 July. It will be on all wikis from 16 July (calendar).

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16:29, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Marking Chand_Singh_(soldier) as Reviewed

I didn't get it, you just voted !delete on the AfD page and then marked the page as reviewed. This article is clearly going to be deleted. I am just curious what is the significance of the review. Zoodino (talk) 03:25, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Zoodino, that's a good question. After the AFD a consensus will be reached about the notability of the page one way or another. That means that it no longer needs to be reviewed by a new page reviewer and can be marked as reviewed. I'd recommend reading the tutorial thoroughly for more information on reviewing. Note at WP:NPPDEL where it says that "Unlike CSDs and PRODs, you can mark AfDed pages as 'reviewed' after tagging them, as their fate will be decided via discussion and they can't fall through the cracks if tags are removed (a bot will restore them so long as the AfD discussion is open)." It's not a big deal either way, just something I've started doing out of habit when voting in AFDs. Best wishes, Eddie891 Talk Work 12:54, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Eddie891, I partially agree with your reason. But as the reviewed pages start appearing in Wikipedia search and are indexed by google and other search engines, thus become visible to the common user as one of the first result after google search (mostly in BLP cases). That article content may not follow notability and verifiability. Therefore I think one should wait for the AfD to end before marking a page, just a personal opinion. Zoodino (talk) 08:59, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Zoodino, thanks for bringing this up. Unless I'm mistaken, the AFD tag has noindex on it, so such an article shouldn't be indexed until after the AFD anyways. Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:18, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
Eddie891, Thanks for the clarification, didn't know that earlier. Zoodino (talk) 04:32, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2020-31

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • The Starter kit is now available for wiki communities. This page lists technical resources, tools, and recommendations. These are essential to operate a wiki project. This is mostly useful for smaller wikis where the community has limited experience with this. [82]
  • The first features of the Desktop Improvements project are available for logged-in users on all wikis. In order to use them, uncheck Use Legacy Vector in your local or global preferences in section Skin preferences. More improvements are planned. Feedback is welcome.
  • Advanced item On multiple wikis, a UTCLiveClock gadget is available. For wikis that import the gadget directly from mediawiki.org, end users can now choose a different timezone to show instead of UTC.

Problems

  • Advanced item The deployment train for MediaWiki has been blocked this week. [83][84]
  • Translation Notification Bot was sending the same message multiple times to every translator. This has been fixed. [85]
  • Some users were receiving the same notification multiple times. This has been fixed. [86]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from July 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from July 29. It will be on all wikis from JUly 30 (calendar).

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13:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Sandra Perron

On 31 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sandra Perron, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sandra Perron, whom other Canadian Armed Forces officers viewed as a threat, was once interrogated and left in the snow for two hours without boots as part of a training exercise? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sandra Perron. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Sandra Perron), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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In appreciation

The Working Man's Barnstar
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of the sterling work you are doing at The Signpost. Thank you. Gog the Mild (talk) 17:20, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Thank you in July

July
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Thank you for improving articles in July! Now a FTN is open. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your support, - they now became a featured topic! ... exactly 10 years after both Brian and I were declared awesome ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:53, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-32

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Problems

  • All queries to the Wikidata Query Service failed between 17:50 and 17:59 UTC on Thursday 23 July. Some queries failed during a longer period. [87]
  • Interlanguage links were ordered incorrectly for the past few weeks. This problem was also mentioned in Tech News two weeks ago. The problem is now fixed. [88]
  • There is a problem with the global preferences for the "Use Legacy Vector" option. Developers are working on fixing it. [89]
  • A bug in the Wikibase extension had disabled the "move" and "create" types of protection in the main (Gallery) namespace on Wikimedia Commons. New protections could not be added, and existing protections were not enforced, allowing some page moves and page creations that should not have been possible. This has now been fixed. [90]

Changes later this week

  • The video player will change to be simpler and more modern. This week, the current beta feature will become the video player for everyone on most non-Wikipedia wikis. The old player will be removed. [91]
  • Users' global.js and global.css pages will now also be loaded on the mobile site. You can read documentation for how to avoid applying styles to the mobile skin. [92]
  • Advanced item In the MonoBook skin, the searchGoButton identifier is now searchButton. This may affect CSS and JS gadgets. Migration instructions can be found in T255953. This was previously mentioned in issue 27.
  • Advanced item Bot operators can use Pywikibot to regularly archive discussions. The behavior when the bot uses counter to prevent large archives was changed. [93]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from August 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from August 5. It will be on all wikis from August 6 (calendar).

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15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Eddie. You're the smartest person ever on wikipedia.

Sincerely, Eddie891isthesmartestpersonever

WikiProject Peer Review newsletter

Depiction by Raphael of Aristotle in the School of Athens receiving some useful feedback during an active peer review

Hello to all! This is the second Wikipedia Peer Review newsletter, containing some updates relating to peer review since the initial newsletter in August 2018. I intend these as infrequent newsletters that can be used to interact with interested editors and also let people know about relevant changes.

Thanks again to everyone who has been responding and helping out at peer review, it's great to see the venue so active.

I value feedback, and if you think I've missed something, want to include something in the next newsletter, wish to receive these, or don't wish to receive this again, please leave a note on my talk page, or add / remove your name from the mailing list.

Yours, --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:22, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

What's new?

New closure script

There's a new script you can use to automate the process of closing a review. Now, for most reviews you just need to click a button (hurray!)

Developed by User:WritKeeper, to whom we are all very thankful, there is a script to help automate closing peer reviews. To use the script:

  • Copy importScript('User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/peerReviewCloser.js'); into your Special:MyPage/common.js
  • When you view a review, click on the tab that says "More" and then "Close peer review". The tab can be found near the "History" tab

I've added it to the list of tools here: Wikipedia:Peer_review/Tools#Closure_script

Volunteers list contacts

Editors can now choose to be contacted periodically by User:KadaneBot with unanswered peer reviews in specific topic areas. If you'd like to be contacted, please visit the volunteers page and update your preferences

Peer reviews on "Article alerts"

If you're a member of a WikiProject, you may have noticed peer reviews getting included in the article alerts lists, which is sure to enhance our subject-specific visibility.

How can I contribute?

  1. Answer some reviews! A list of unanswered reviews is here: (WP:PRWAITING)
  2. Add yourself to the volunteers list, and receive regular updates about unanswered reviews here: (WP:PRV)
  3. Or, if you only want one request a blue moon, Click "watch" on the list of items that somehow missed getting added to the unanswered list (here). Sometimes, these reviews linger for months!!

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