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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SusanLesch (talk | contribs) at 15:02, 29 October 2022 (→‎Minneapolis: replies). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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I usually respond on my talk page, so watch the page for my reply.
Please provide a link to the article or page you want me to look at; that will increase the likelihood of me getting to it sooner rather than later.
I lose track of those pingie-thingies; because I don't get along with them, I have converted all notifications to email only. A post here on my talk page is the best way to get my attention. Besides that, we used to actually talk to each other in here, and get to know each other. REJECT the pingie-thingie!
iPad typing: I am unable to sit at a real computer with a keyboard for extended periods of time because of a back injury. When I am typing from my iPad, my posts are brief and full of typos. Please be patient; I will come back later to correct the typos :) I'm all thumbs, and sometimes the blooming iPad just won't let me backspace to correct a typo.


Sandy, I know you're gone for several weeks yet, so this is directed as much for the talk page stalkers as anything else. For months, I've been thinking that the ultimate Civil War TFA would be Siege of Vicksburg on the 4th of July of an even decadal anniversary of 1863 - next July 4th will be the 160th anniversary of the surrender.

My plan is to do the rewriting in my userspace, and then move back into the articlespace when I'm done - it's currently a (somewhat deficient) GA, and I don't want to have it hanging around in a half-finished state while I take weeks on this herculean task. When I moved it to my userspace, I left a copied within edit summary pointing to where the text came from. What will I need to do when I move it back into the articlespace to keep compliant with WP:CWW? Hog Farm Talk 13:37, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, HF ... I have internet at this hotel ... heading out soon for the day, and my understanding is next two locations have no wifi in rooms. I have not checked and could be wrong on this, but my understanding is that no CWW attribution is needed for a case like this, as long as you will be the only editor in your sandbox. That is, when you copy the rewrite back to the article, it will ALL be your writing, from your sandbox, so no CWW attribution is needed, as no one but you will need attribution and the only changes you copy back will be attributed to you when you copy them back. At any rate, if you want to leave a full path, when you copy over the rewrite, you just add an edit summary that says copied from the name of the sandbox. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:46, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Hog Farm. When you copy the updated material into the mainspace article, you need to at least note the user page it was copied from in the edit summary (just like you did when copying to the userspace page). You might like to make the connection a bit more noticeable using Template:Copied from at the article talk page. As far as I'm aware, this is not a situation that would require a history merge, but some of SG's other TPWs might know more about what is common for that process. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:46, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think he needs to template the talk page if he's the only one doing the sandbox writing. The rewrite will be fully attributed to him at the point he copies it in ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:49, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Good point! I definitely might be wrong about "you need to", but I'd still go for at least the edit summary note. Future editors combing through the page history for numerous reasons (text-source integrity in particular is a reason I often do so), definitely might appreciate being able to take HF's changes in the chunks likely to be present at the user page. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:52, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Hog Farm: Depending on how busy the article is, we could also do a WP:histmerge once you are done. -- Guerillero Parlez Moi 13:52, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you enjoyed your vacation!

(t · c) buidhe 01:08, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thx! I'll continue to be a bit slow as I have a house full of guests for the next month ... SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:18, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back! Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:57, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thx! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:58, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to hear you got back safe! Hog Farm Talk 03:40, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful trip ... uneventful, and good memories ! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 06:31, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Minneapolis

Greetings, SandyGeorgia. Without getting yourself too involved, is there any way you could weigh in on Owamni at Talk:Minneapolis#Placeholder? Going on nine months now, I'm getting smeared and so is that restaurant. Is this how the Trump GOP plans to win, by hammering falsehoods so often, people believe them? Anyway, I'm on wikibreak until after the election. I'm planning to seek a FAR after Christmas, say in January. I hope if we plan ahead it's possible that you are available then to look things over. Take care and best wishes. -SusanLesch (talk) 17:45, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SusanLesch: The political tangent here in completely unhelpful to our goal of building an encyclopedia. -- Guerillero Parlez Moi 19:31, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Guerillero, I am very sorry for letting that slip. Thank you for quickly catching it. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:01, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
SusanLesch, I agree with Guerillero on the political side note. On the Minneapolis article, I continue to be dismayed at one editor's (over)focus on images when the article overall had more important issues the last time I checked. (I have stopped checking because I find those image discussions so unnecessary and unpleasant). My suggestion is to simply stop engaging the silly image issues, let the images be whatever that editor wants (Not Worth The Hassle), focus on cleaning up the text, and leave images 'til the second to last thing in the FAR (the lead being last). More relevant is to make sure all sources are high quality, text reflects sources, and the article is thoroughly updated. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:23, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, SandyGeorgia. Such good advice, it's taken to heart. I am sorry for my outburst. -SusanLesch (talk) 15:01, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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