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Proposed deletion of New immune cell (2020)

Hello, Sm8900

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Mcampany and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I’ve proposed an article that you started, New immune cell (2020), for deletion because it meets one of the relevant criterion. The particular issue can be located in the notice, that is now visible at the top of the article.

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Mcampany (talk) 08:10, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Mcampany, thanks for your note. I appreciate your courteous way of informing me, and your helpful way of offering options and ideas. in view of your valid concerns, I have redirected the page to a broader article, and then added the same information there. I hope that's helpful. I appreciate your help and constructive ideas above, as well as your courteous and thoughtful appporach. this is a refreshing change from how many other people handle the notification process when they disagree with a new article. I appreciate it. let's keep in touch. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:18, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for redirecting the article! I think that makes more sense for now, until we have more information about the cell. Having an article nominated for deletion is really stressful (for me anyways, I'm sure other people are far more hardy), so I don't like to nominate things unless there's a good reason to do so that I can clearly articulate. Thank you for being so understanding and cooperative. See you around! Mcampany (talk) 19:30, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

@Mcampany: thanks! I'm glad you said that. because now someone has gone and deleted the same data, when I added it at the larger article. could you please let me know any suggestions, as to where else I could place this data? I do appreciate it. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 19:54, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Honestly, just as I said on the proposed deletion, I think it might make more sense to wait to write about it until there is more written about the cell or at least it has a name. The list you redirected to is one where everything on it has a page already, kind of like a directory. I think it makes the most sense to just hold off until you have enough to write a full article, then add a link to the article to that list once the article has been created. I hope that makes sense. Mcampany (talk) 19:20, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Your thread has been archived

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a new little item

hey, Michael E Nolan, Ipigott, Rosiestep how do you like the template below? just a little something I cooked up. I've been playing around with templates, just to tweak things a little and learn some new skills, I guess. how do you like this? hope you enjoy it. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 07:51, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

I like the tone, but I don't know when or where you'll use it.Michael E Nolan (talk) 16:26, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

@Michael E Nolan:, thanks!! ah well, just dabbling a bit in this area. frankly, using it on my own talk page seems like a good start. I might post it for others, if it seems like they'd get some enjoyment from it. don't worry, not planning to use it as a whacking board, more as a nice inspirational wall plaque, suitable for framing.

lol thanks for your reply!! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:37, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

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A question

I created the article Houshmand Dehghan 3 days ago but when google it I don't find the page. Could you please tell me what the problem is? Regards Hesaban 17:58, 26 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by حسابان (talk • contribs)

@حسابان: happy to help. you should simply wait a few days, and then do the search on Google again. It will probably come up on Google by then. thanks --Sm8900 (talk) 18:36, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help Hesaban 18:51, 26 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by حسابان (talk • contribs)

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hoping to help out!

Sm8900 (talk) 22:50, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Final warning

Next revert before a consensus is formed will be reported. --Moxy 🍁 17:28, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

thanks, have just done so.

I do appreciate your courtesy in communicating with me here in my talk page, in your courteous phrasing above. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:30, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

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Last chance

Last chance to self-revert. El_C 18:02, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I can't self-revert; the prior versions include edits by other editors, not just by myself. --Sm8900 (talk) 18:07, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

You can definitely self-revert. I don't see what the problem there and I am blocking you for failing to do so. El_C 18:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Block

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for violating the 3 revert rule. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.

El_C 18:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Appeal of block

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Sm8900 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

With respect, El_C has just blocked me for no good cause. I was not EDIT-WARRING; I was restoring the current version of the article, over the constant reverts of another editor, who CLEARLY violated 3RR; their violation has been explicitly CONFIRMED by admins just now at WP:ANI. On that basis, I object to and appeal this block. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 18:11, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Decline reason:

This appeal fails to address the reason you were blocked. Go back and read 3RRNO again - nowhere does it say that you are permitted to go over 3RR if the other guy is also edit warring. You were clearly edit warring, and refused to self-revert when asked to. I can't unblock until you indicate that you've understood this. GirthSummit _(blether) 19:04, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

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Again, you violated 3RR, were given the opportunity to self-revert, but refused to do so. Hence, the block. El_C 18:13, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@Girth Summit: okay, I stand corrected. I absolutely understand and agree to the important point that you raised. I agree, it was wrong of me to go over 3RR, no matter what the cause. as noted, I thought I was being asked to revert my own edits, rather than simply undo my last revert. I was trying to explain my understanding of this when i was blocked. it's clear to me now that I was wrong to go over 3RR, regardless completely of any other circumstances. I will make certain to adhere to this in the future. I do appreciate your consideration, and your important response. Jayron32, I appreciate your important points and insights as well. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 19:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Sm8900, did you really did not understand what a WP:SELFREVERT is? El_C 19:12, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

El_C, yes I really did not. you can check my contribs history. I have never encountered a dispute, proceeding or request of this nature before. I do highly appreciate your note to me here. I apologize for over-stepping the bounds here. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 19:14, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Sm8900, what do you mean "check my contribs history" — you've been here since 2006 and you have over 35,000 edits. How am I supposed to do that? That is not a reasonable request. Also, have you read WP:BRD (and WP:ONUS) before today? El_C 19:20, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

okay, I wasn't trying to offend you. I simply meant, my statement above is a truthful one. also, I had not read those two documents you cite before today. sorry, thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 19:21, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

as far as checking my prior history, perhaps I should have suggested, check the logs; I assume that's more valid, or feasible, etc. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 19:23, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Sm8900, not to worry, at not point was I offended. Yes, you have a clean block log, I was aware of and recognize that. That is why your block is so brief. Please respond to my query regarding BRD (and ONUS). ~~Which one did you read~~ Edited: Now that you have (hopefully) read them, what did you get out of it. Thanks. El_C 19:25, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Sm8900, answering the above query would help me determine whether to unblock you. You should note that I expected a user who has been here since 2006 and who has 35,000+ edits to know what a WP:SELFREVERT is — because varying degrees of competences are required on Wikipedia. But perhaps I am failing to be lenient enough here. El_C 19:31, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

El_C, I am printing them out as we speak, and will be glad to read them and share my thoughts with you in a little while. your prior question was simply whether I'd read them prior today, so I was simply trying to be accurate in my replies to you.

again, I'll be glad to read them. I was not aware of their existence until now. that's despite the fact I recently created an umbrella category designed to help users to find important help categories. I appreciate you informing me of those. this is what Wikipedia is all about. I appreciate your guidance on this, and will be glad to read those, absorb them and hopefully expand my understanding of these important points. --Sm8900 (talk) 19:38, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Sm8900, fair enough. I have confidence that you will draw lessons from this violation and recognize the misunderstanding. I have, therefore, unblocked you. El_C 19:42, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

thanks so much. I truly and genuinely appreciate. by the way, it so happens I was typing the reply below, right when you made this response, I am including it here nonetheless. I do appreciate your help. and again, I have those guidelines printed out now, and will give them a good reading tonight. I appreciate it. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 19:46, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

okay, re WP:BRD, I do see your point. I understand now. reverts can be a valuable and healthy tool in the edit process. if an editor does revert one or more edits, sometimes that may identify them as a VIP, i.e. someone who has enough involvement to make it worthwhile to discuss with them and seek out positive, healthy consensus.

re WP:ONUS, the onus of proof is on the editor who is seeking to make the new changes that are being disputed. I certainly understand that concept and appreciate it.

Re WP:BRD, I truly was not previously aware of this. it seems highly useful and helpful. I'm going to give that a lot of thought, and will read it again in print this evening to truly absorb and understand it.

I do greatly appreciate your helpful guidance on this. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 19:46, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi Sm8900 - I hope you now understand why I wasn't able to accept your earlier appeal, and that there are no hard feelings either way. I was troubled that you genuinely seemed to think that 3RR didn't apply in this situation - now you understand things more clearly, I'm glad that you've been unblocked. Happy editing GirthSummit _(blether) 19:52, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

@Girth Summit:. thanks so much! I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness in writing to me. no problem at all, I totally understand. I aprpeciate your thoughtful approach to this. I willd definitely review some of the helpful guidelines on this. I appreciate the help from all of you patient admins today. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 19:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Please don't copy editors discussions and paste them elsewhere.

I really am getting rather frustrated by having sorting out what on earth you are trying to do, or trying to say and to whom. Just slow down a bit, please. I've just deleted a copy/pasted discussion from my talk page containing my signature and timestamp from another page entirely. This goes against etiquette and only serves to cause confusion. If you want to quote me, quote me see like this. Or hyperlink to the discussion in another place like this. Or provide a WP:DIFF. Or ping me from the other place to draw my attention. But DO NOT copy in old timestamps and signatures from one place to another, please. Right now I am going to withdraw from discussions with you at deceased Wikipedians, as I gave you what I thought was helpful feedback, and it's up to you to sort out what you choose to work on. I haven't the time to be sucked in to another one of your "let's sort the whole of Wikipedia out by the weekend" schemes. Like I said before, I admire your enthusiasm. Just control it a bit and listen to other editors. If you can't make suggestion and wait a week for enough replies to help you determine the best course of action, don't rush in to change anything at all, as it becomes a time-sink, no matter how well-meaning your intentions. Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh via text. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Nick Moyes with all respect, it does sound a small bit harsh. we are talking about the work of a deceased Wikipedia, which no one but me was willing to work on. kindly respoind to my points if you wish. with respect, you cannot request or specify a whole set of actions to be done, and then simply withdraw from discussion completely. that is very hurtful. ether come back and respond to my query there, or else find me an admin who can reply. I am going out of my way and bending over backwards to accept the insights that you offer, mainly because I attach great value to any input that you may have.

telling me you are going to withdraw from discussion is simply needless and non-productive. it would be much better if you would simply cease commenting without announcing that you are doing so, and then return to the discussion whenever you find it feasible to do so. Wikipedia is a slow-moving place. there is no need for undue rushing here. I am totally glad to wait for any time that you find convenient; I am not seeking to rush your response here in any way.

Based upon your reply to me above, i will take things more slowly. I am always glad to hear your reply. however, in the future, please don't come back to tell me you are withdrawing from discussion. you are free to do so; that's fine. but telling me you will do so is not helpful. I put a lot of work and effort into refining the drafts for that deceased wikipedian.

i greatly appreciate your help in replying. If you don't wish to reply, that is totaly fine. I will simply consider the discussion there to be on hold, until it is convenient for you to reply. I am totally glad to wait until it is more convenient to you, and I am totally open to your input and feedback whenever it is more convenient for you to do so. i really appreciate your help. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 15:45, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Also, all your points above about better ways to respond are truly helpful. I am going to read over them in depth and try to follow each one of them completely I greatly appreciate your great points above. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk)

I'm sorry if it sounds harsh - but it is a level of my own frustration, for which I apologise. Please would you also remove mine and Moxy's signatures in the thread above which you copy pasted in from elsewhere with this diff. I've just spent a further 20 minutes, self-reverting and trying to fathom out if I was going mad by posting in the wrong place, only to find you've copied everything over, including our signatures. So NEVER, EVER copy in another editors signature and timestamp onto your talk page, or elsewhere. Please!

And I think I am also going to ask you NOT to take on any more self-appointed 'sorting out the world' projects here until you've dealt with the current ones you're working on. I offered my advice in good faith, which you are free to take on board or ignore as you wish. The fact that I gave you input is not an indicator that I am going to take on the work you so generously offered to do yourself. I have my own priorities, and I'm just trying to guide you, not walk with you.Nick Moyes (talk) 16:04, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

And another thing - I've just checked your contributions and I see you've approached six different editors in the space of eight minutes regarding adoption without waiting for a reply from the first one. What made you think that was a good idea? And did you not consider how much of other people's time that is going to waste, either? That is not the way we do things here. ONE THING AT A TIME!

Finally, you will note that I have deleted your refactoring of my post above, which you copied and put into a new section below this one with my signature. That is misleading and also against protocol. Ifr you want to make note to yourself, create a sandbox page and post in some quotes with links to the original. Nick Moyes (talk) 16:04, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

okay, I will do so. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:05, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages

Please read Wikipedia:Refactoring talk pages in the context of my remarks above. Nick Moyes (talk) 16:06, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

intro page

Help:Introduction

Comments re new drafts project

Hi Nick Moyes. If possible, I would like to discuss your comments below, here on my talk page. if that is acceptable to you, that would be great. if not feel free to let me know whatever your preference may be.

just for easier readability, I will put the colloquy from the other page into its own box. if that seems intrusive, let me know, you said it was somewhat confusing to have one page's discussion copied to another, so that is why I am using this box here. I really appreciate it. thanks!!

discussion re project

Hi. I have set up a new page for drafts. the set of drafts currently being shown there are those for user:Brianboulton, but we can always add more if we wish.

The drafts lists and subpages are shown at the page that is linked to below. thanks.

Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Drafts

thanks.

Just a passing comment to say that I dont understand why you've made everything so complicated, and why you've created so many redirects. Maybe I'm missing something, but I was envisaging I would see just one new index page. Within that, there might be:

An introductory statement with guidance how to proceed, and an exhortation to 'adopt' a page to enhance;
A list of links to each sandbox page (no need to link to pages with no retrievable content);
A summary of the contents of retrievable pages, and their apparent readiness/work still needed;
A space for editors to indicate if they're going to 'adopt' and work on a page, and where that will be located.
An indication of when each page has been dealt with and moved to mainspace.

Right now, it all seems as clear as mud.

Perhaps Sm8900 should signing up at Wikipedia:Mentorship ..as they can help Sm8900 in understanding some basic protocols and social norms here. They have a great reputation of getting editors on the right track.

what i did was go through each draft individually, and rename them to give a full idea as to what their contents actually are. isn't that a better option than simply having them named "Sandbox1," "Sandbox2," "sandbox3", etc etc? I'm truly asking this as question. I am open to any feedback that you may have. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk)

I have given what feedback I can in the time that I have available! Right now, I seem to be following you around trying to give helpful feedback in all sorts of areas you're been desperate to help in. Stick to one thing; discuss first; wait/think; fix it carefully; then move on. Sometimes it's better to do nothing than to rush in and make a mess of things. This might help you understand what I mean.

sign post text

is there a way to add a column down the right side of this page? the opening table and div tags seem to be stopping me from doing so.

Below is the code for the column. thanks.

This coding already has a column running down the right side of the page below this section. Are you asking to add a second column? Or have you not tried adding the {{Aligned table}} at the top of your page? Please say more about what you're trying to achieve and what seems to be getting in the way.

I have to admit to being somewhat hesitant to help with your technical questions after some of the dust-ups you've had trying to apply that knowledge. '''[[user:jmcgnh|— jmcgnh]][[user talk:jmcgnh|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/jmcgnh|(contribs)]]''' 09:02, 18 February 2020 (UTC) thanks for your reply. well, let me look over the help pages for tables a little more, and then get back to you after that. you've been very helpful, so let me see what I can find out on my own. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:13, 18 February 2020 (UTC) \ {{Aligned table |cols=1 |style=clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1.0em;width:23.0em;background:transparent; | {{Signpost-subscription|right|300px}} {{Centralized discussion|float=right|width=23em|compact=very}} {{TAFI/Collaborations of the day |width=26.0em |picsize=254px}} {{MiniAWFP}} }}

text of column

sign post text

More text... Does the main text flow continue down the left side?

Why did you give a blocked editor a second welcome message?

[1] it doesn't help and caused confusion. Doug Weller talk 21:33, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

you are absolutely right. sorry about that. I did not realize that they were blocked when I did that. I did see they were involved in multiple edit conflicts. but I saw they had a welcome message dated February 5th, so that seemed pretty recent. Usually, when an editor is blocked, there is a banner showing to announce that. It didn't occur to me that I should read the whole talk page, to see if they were blocked or not. Next time, I will be more careful. I really appreciate your note above, to discuss this constructively. thanks!!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 21:38, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Town Hall spamming on WikiProjects

This [2] (and others like it) is really inappropriate and disruptive. I have reverted those notices. Please stop begging for support for an idea that doesn't have any, or present it as a thing that will actually happen. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 05:42, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

@Headbomb:, ok sorry about that. I didn't realize that would be seen as disruptive. I will refrain from any such edits. I appreciate your feedback. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 10:15, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

ANI

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 13:43, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

okay. I have replied there. I appreciate your note. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 13:47, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject History/History Town Hall

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Note to Nick

Nick Moyes I appreciate your points above. I will take them into account. for now I prefer to discontinue this discussion here. I will keep all your points in mind. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:07, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

I know how difficult it is to hear criticism, and so understand if you'd rather take time to reflect than discuss further. I ask, though, that you also reflect on your previous statement, telling me you are going to withdraw from discussion is simply needless and non-productive. Now that you have also made a similar statement, perhaps you can understand that others may have some of the same reasons for letting you know what they plan to do next. Good luck. isaacl (talk) 16:23, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

@Isaacl: I think withdrawing from discussion on one's own talk page, is totally different than doing so in a shared workspace, project page, or other public venue. so I see the two statements as being intrinsically different, not the same. with that said, I do appreciate your polite manner and approach in expressing that valid input. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 16:27, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

The point is trying to understand the other person's point of view and why they might feel such a statement is helpful. You might consider what led you to make your statement, and if similar consideration might lead someone else to make another statement in another context, even if you personally think the statements are different. In other words, try to empathize based on your own motivations for your own comments. isaacl (talk) 16:32, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

hm, okay, those are interesting insights. I will give those some thought. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:34, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

by the way, i do see your point on that, i.e. re the underlying similarities and parallels between the two statements, even if different venues, and the underlying lessons to be learned. I do truly see your point on that, and I will give it some thought. I appreciate it. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:36, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

okay isaacl. Now, please feel free to review my contribs in the last hour. In fact I respectfully request that you please do so. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:23, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Please use the "preview" button

This isn't a major issue, but it would be helpful if you could address it. You appear to have a habit of making many edits to make just one statement, for example here. For people with the pages that you are editing on their watchlists this can get a bit annoying. I know that you are full of ideas and want to tell people about them, but it would be a good idea if you could check your edits before saving them. Phil Bridger (talk) 18:54, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

that is very reasonable. I appreciate your comment on that. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 18:55, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

You've been asked several times now to avoid making so many edits; I urge you to do more than appreciate these comments and to actually act upon them. isaacl (talk) 00:51, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

isaacl well, actually, I think I have been improving in that area, haven't I? If you look further down this talk page, I have begun writing drafts here, before posting comments on other pages. that is one positive sign, isn't it?

--Sm8900 (talk) 00:58, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

You submitted a proposal to the Village Pump idea lab in multiple edits, then completely rewrote it using multiple edits, using 21 edits in total. It's better than the high water mark of 82 straight edits on another page, though to be fair that was a particularly extreme case, but still way more edits than necessary. Using so many edits, twice in a row for the same proposal, doesn't demonstrate any improvement. It's easy to fall into the trap of refining your comments endlessly with more edits, but there are diminishing returns. You're better off not trying to gild the lily by continually submitting new edits. (Before actually submitting, please do take time to review and refine your comments.) isaacl (talk) 01:10, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

ok, sounds fine. I'll give that approach a try. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 01:12, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Take this series of edits, for example: did you preview the first edit and review and refine it before submitting? As the original poster said, it's not a major issue, but you would demonstrate your willingness to help others engage more effectively by making a post using one or two edits, rather than six. isaacl (talk) 18:34, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

I am willing to give that suggestion due consideration. However, as you know, it is not required, and it is not a major concern, as your yourself commendably note. unless and until our conversations can focus more collaboratively on common areas of effort and interest, I would like discussion on this topic here to conclude forthwith. I do appreciate all your input and insight. In all seriousness, I will give your points some real consideration, but I feel this topic has now been covered sufficiently here. I do, again, appreciate your input. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 18:39, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Please do understand that the advice being given to you isn't arbitrary. Lots of editors want to see you succeed in your collaborations with others, and are providing pointers that will help others be more receptive to your comments. There are so many potential barriers that you can't do anything about; addressing ones that are easy to eliminate is a quick win that will help. isaacl (talk) 22:10, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

okay, that's fair enough. I do appreciate your willingnes to express things positively. yes, I also look forward to accomplishing here things in a positive manner. I appreciate your insights. thanks!

by the way, I guess I do want to note, I will keep your reasonable points in mind. but I can't make any guarantees. I will try to improve in that area, but let's assume it won't be a 100% improvement. I do appreciate all your replies. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 22:16, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

I said in my first post that this wasn't a major issue, but your continuing to ignore the advice you are being given makes it a major issue. It is next to impossible to follow discussions in which you are involved because you keep editing your statements for hours after you make them. I, for one, have made the decision to ignore you, and for every person that makes the effort to tell you that I'm sure there are many that do so without telling you. If you want to achieve anything with your ideas then you need to edit in a collegial way. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:35, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

I appreciate your thoughtful advice to me here. I realize you are trying to help. with that said, if your decision is to ignore me, then I will take that as a constructive manner as well. You are always welcome to comment on any items or topics here, any time; on the other hand, sometimes if two editors' styles do not mesh well, then sometimes simple polite disregard might be a positive option, depending upon the circumstances. I respect and appreciate your views, and respect any action that you may take as constructively-based. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 22:38, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

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I went there in direct response to a request by BD2412, at WP:Village pump. so this is based on his direct input. if you wish to object, Moxy, I'd prefer to have a discussion here on the talk page there. I am open to other views. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 03:11, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Idea for new community workspace

Hi. I would like to create some kind of collaborative workspace where coordinators or members of various WikiProjects would gather and provide updates and information on what is going on at each wikiproject, i.e. regarding their latest efforts, projects, and where interested editors can get involved.

I saw that you are very active at WP:WikiProject Video Games. Your input would be very helpful, so I wanted to get your brief input on whether you'd be interested in helping me to make this happen.

we are discussing this proposal right now at:

* Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Idea for new community workspace

Please feel free to let me know what you think of this idea, and please let me know your preference, regarding the options above. if you do not see any need for this idea, that is totally fine. However, I think that the majority of editors lack awareness of where the truly active editing is taking place and at which WikiProjects, and I would like to do whatever I can to help make people more aware of where the activity is, what they can do to help, and also which areas of Wikipedia offer ideas and efforts that might help them in their own editing activities. Please feel free to let me know.

Would you be interested in an idea of this nature?
If so, which option below seems most feasible to you?
- Create a new page/talk page at the existing WikiProject Council, where members of various WikiProject can gather to offer updates, information and ideas on the latest efforts at each of their own WikiProject, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Town Hall.
- Create an entirely new WikiProject with an inclusive name such as
- Create a new collaborative page or forum, but not as a new WIkiProject, i.e. with some name like
  - Wikipedia:Town Hall or
  - Wikipedia:Water Cooler
- Create a new sub-page in my own userspace, such as User:Sm8900/Town Hall
- Create a subpage at an umbrella-type WikiProject that already covers a broad topical area, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Town Hall

thanks. --~~~~

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Drafts of politics articles

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Portal working page

You've hidden many of the section headings within your collapsible sections, making it impossible to edit sections. I had to edit the whole page to add a comment to one of the active sections. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 18:51, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@Arthur Rubin: thanks for your important message. okay, sorry about any problems. however, i have not hidden any level 2 section headings. they are all still there. all you have to do is click the edit link near the section heading, and the entire section will be open for editing. --Sm8900 (talk) 19:57, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Looking for a Mediawiki admin

Hey there! On Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous) you said I should contact you. Can you please give me an email address? Or send an email at ibz@f2pool.io. Thanks! IonutBizau (talk) 10:38, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

@IonutBizau: that's terrific. yes, I will email you. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 15:35, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

draft of note

Do Contempory history tf folders

WikiProject Council

Hi Sm8900, I read some, but not all of the thread at the WikiProject Council page. I am a relative new newcomer with 5-6k edits. I like some of your ideas and definitely your enthusiasm. I have been frustrated with several WikiProjects. It seems like these should be good vehicles for rebuilding and potentiating more editing capacity. I noticed that the WikiProject History is inactive, but you have listed yourself as the lead coordinator. If you are trying to revive WikiProject History, please count me in. However, I think efforts at creating a rival to the WikiProject Council might be misguided at this time. The volume of responses that you received at the WikiCouncil talk page seems to me to be evidence that this is a group you can work with, and consulting them in your efforts to revive WikiProject History could further test this hypothesis. On the other hand, if you manage to revive WikiProject History according to new principles, it might serve as the basis for a specific proposal to reform WikiProject Council if it is warranted. I have added this page to my watchlist. I look forward to your response. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 20:53, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Oldsanfelipe2:. thanks for your note above! I pretty much agree with all of your points above. right now, my plan is to go slowly, and see what input I get from others. i don't have any specific plans to proceed, other than updating the page for WikiProject History, and making it useful to others. As far as WikiProject Council, I totally agree with you. there are lots of active and creative editors there, with lots of good ideas. I definitely can envision working positively with them, sometime in the future. Right now, i would simply like to proceed slowly, let some time go by, and see what ideas and input I get from others. there is plenty of time to think about this, and to decide at a later date what are some good ways to proceed. I really appreciate your note. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 22:06, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

by the way, you are slightly incorrect. my goal is not to build a rival to WikiProject Council, at all. My goal is only to help the existing WikiProject Council to be more active. I hope to build activity there, make it a resource for others, and proceed in a way that everyone would find helpful and positive. So I really do appreciate your input on that. but no worries; anything that I do will be in concert with the great and helpful existing resources there. I really appreciate your input, and your advice. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 22:08, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I would like to discuss the possibility of handling assessments for WikiProject History. I think that assessments are a valuable feedback mechanism and catching up with those might help to build confidence in the project. Thoughts? Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 22:22, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

well, if I may, I would suggest you get some practice at a WikiProject that is more active than ours, if you don't mind me suggesting that. I think you have a great idea, and I simply want to help you get more information on making that happen.

if you want, you can check out WikiProject United States, or WikiProject United Kingdom, or WikiProject Military History, or any other WikiProjects at all that have current regular activity, and see if you can get some experience helping them out in that area; that way, you will be quite experienced in how that process works. then after that, it should be relatively easier for you to get rolling with that process, and to move right ahead with that. I appreciate your note. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 22:26, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

No thanks. I can see this wouldn't be a good fit. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 22:44, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

okay, no problem. I respect any preferences that you may have. I do appreciate your note. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 22:46, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Category:History of Australia topical overviews has been nominated for discussion

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Help me!

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Hi. I would like to re-enable the links to edit each section at this page: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council.

Could you please tell me how to do so?? thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 03:27, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I can tell you how to do it, but I'm not sure I can suggest that you actually do it.

The page uses a template for each of its section headers located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Section header.
Note that the magic word __NOEDITSECTION__ appears in that file or template.
If you were to remove the magic word from the template, it would cause all of the section headers of the top-level page to have edit buttons again.

An alternative is to make use of the second parameter of the Section header template. It creates an edit link based on what is passed to it, so it need not necessarily open an edit on this top-level page. I didn't look into this option too closely, but if you have more questions about it, I'd be happy to do the additional work to explain what it does and how you would use it. Using it should avoid adding an edit button to every section header. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 05:19, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Category:User-created templates has been nominated for discussion

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Categorization by transclusion

Sm8900, please take a loot at WP:CAT#T. Your edits to include pages in Category:User-created templates caused some (fix example: diff1, diff2) of the transcluding pages to be incorrectly categorized. —⁠andrybak (talk) 21:25, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Wikiproject History

This has been previously deleted as per a consensus see here. The discussion on the matter can be reviewed at this page. See Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects for more infomation. Appreciate if you revert your removal of the deletion template as per all the above and refrain from making redirects of this nature in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.201.161.10 (talk) 01:01, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

edit summaries, please

Almost 80% of your edits don't include an edit summary. Please get in the habit of being more collaborative by explaining what you're doing to those of us watching pages where you edit. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:12, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Okay. I appreciate your helpful and useful point on that. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 18:26, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

BHG user groups

Hi Sm8900, The user groups restored after desysopping are the user groups the person had before sysopping, they are typically removed as redundant at the time of sysopping (sysops have all those tools by default), so are routinely restored when sysopping is reversed, to give the user the same tools that they had directly before desysopping on the basis that there were no issues raised at arbitration of misuse of those tools. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 05:43, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia service awards

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You are going too fast

Hi Sm8900.

I appreciate your contributions, but I would like to advise you to please slow down and pay very careful attention. Per our bot policy, users that are editing too fast could potentially be blocked from editing. Some of the users you welcomed were blocked from editing, and others were already welcomed. I do not want you to get blocked from editing, but editing too fast is considered disruptive. I need you to please slow down and review your edits before you continue editing, just as if you were not using Twinkle. We do also have a throttle on the number of edits that can be made per minute; go too fast and you will be asked to take a break by the MediaWiki software. (I have tripped rate limits before on a different wiki, and I do not want you to be affected.) A a s i m 04:23, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

"Pls see Special:ActiveUsers for users that may merit a welcome.--Moxy 🍁 05:20, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Okay, Awesome Aasim, that all sounds fine. I appreciate your insights and guidance above. your comments show a lot of insight on how Wikipedia works. I am glad to receive your input and insights on that. that all makes sense, and I will be glad to go over your points in depth and to make sure to really follow them. I'm very pleased to meet you, and to hear your helpful input on this. I look forward to many more discussions and exchanges with you. thanks! cheers!!

--Sm8900 (talk) 13:39, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

hello there, Moxy!! well, that's a good resource to know about. I'm always glad to hear some of your tips and guidance on various resources that are available here at Wikipedia. you sure do seem to know about this place pretty well. I'm always pleased to hear your comments and insights on how Wikipedia works. please do feel free to drop by any time. I'm very glad that we could establish a continuing communication in this manner, where I get to benefit from your experience of the features on Wikipedia. thanks!!

--Sm8900 (talk) 13:43, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

I fear that it's only a matter of time, before someone reports you WP:ANI again. You're increasingly falling back into your old habits of taking on too much. GoodDay (talk) 21:53, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

that seems like a somewhat negative comment. But I think that you do mean well. I do appreciate your input. you have now made your point, and I have heard you. I already addressed that concern, in the section at Village Pump. I'd appreciate if henceforth we could avoid making personal comments, and simply focus on the topics pertaining to editing the encyclopedia. I would truly appreciate your help in that regard. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 21:58, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

and by the way, you happen to be incorrect. I am not taking on too much, these days. quite the opposite is the case. --Sm8900 (talk) 21:58, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

deletions

deleted Category:WikiProject Editors Forum

Focusing on smaller set of tasks

At the incidents noticeboard, you were advised to slow down and stick to content creation and normal editing for a while. You were counseled that Continually asking for input on the next great idea - no matter how interesting they think it is - is seemingly not going down too well with some.. You responded I think you have made some excellent points above. I will be happy to adopt every single one of them. My advice is that you'd be better off focusing on some of the tasks you've already started, rather than looking for new initiatives, and to work on content creation. Unfortunately you've burnt a lot of good will with your past history; doing some work in mainspace, either on your own or in collaboration with others, is a good way to show commitment to Wikipedia's goals. isaacl (talk) 19:56, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

isaacl I appreciate your note, but I do not agree. please do not comment on my user conduct here. I have other people whom I have sought advice from, and with whom I have successfully worked with. I appreciate your note, but I would prefer to discontinue this now. let's try to adhere to WP:AGF, WP:Civility, etc. I think you mean well, but I think now I'd prefer to discontinue such colloquies. your understanding is appreciated. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 22:43, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

by the way, just to give you the benefit of the doubt, I will give your insights above some thought. I appreciate your taking the time to write and to offer some input. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 22:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Pls do not try to revamp or change the status of projects that you've just stumbled across. Your free to join them and ask for input and then over time make proposals and changes.--Moxy 🍁 00:54, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Moxy, that seems reasonable enough. I will come up with a useful draft, and then place it on the talk page, for some deliberative discussion. I appreciate your help and input on that. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 04:01, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

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Please look the article

Hi, my name is Carina, how are you?

I already fixed the article and removed the words that were not neutral. Please review it and accept it since I lasted many hours doing it. Consider my request. I also take into account any advice from you and whether I should remove or put words. This is the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Emil_Cerda

Eltiguere300 (talk) 15:16, 21 February 2020 (UTC)Eltiguere300

@Eltiguere300: thanks for your note. is it okay with you if I edit your draft, to improve it? you can always revert my edits, if you don't like them. please let me know. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 16:21, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Sm8900 (talk) Of course, I want you to approve my article and publish it. Please I would be very grateful

@Sm8900:

Eltiguere300 (talk) 16:53, 21 February 2020 (UTC)Eltiguere300

@Eltiguere300: that sounds fine. no problem, I will look it over and work on it in the near future. it may be a little while, so don't worry if it takes a few days. I will do some work on it. thanks!! --Sm8900 (talk) 17:19, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Sm8900 (talk)

@Sm8900: I leave it in your hands. I hope to publish the article itself. Thank you and God bless you. Let me know, please, when you publish it. I do not know how to thank you. Eltiguere300 (talk) 17:27, 21 February 2020 (UTC)Eltiguere300

FWIW

Sm8900, can I pass on a bit of an advice as an old editor? Something well-intentioned Wikipedians have consistently done throughout the years has been to have the realisation of "it would be great if we had some more discussion and co-ordination around [thing]" and to decide that the next step is to create a specialist venue for that to happen. It doesn't work. It's putting the cart before the horse, and it's how we wound up with so many dead Wikiprojects in the first place. Many of us have learned this from experience: just a couple of days ago I was randomly browsing and noticed there was an existent but long-dormant WikiProject that never took off about an area I'm interested in that sorely needs work, and was extremely surprised to find out that I created it 14 years ago.

As a project, we could really use some more conversations about how to start up and maintain good WikiProjects and reignite them when they're dormant, and to share experience about what works and what doesn't. But I think it's a mistake to assume that the solution is - like all those WikiProjects - to jump straight into creating a specialist forum and stressing about that forum and what it might be called and what it might look like. It's putting the cart before the horse, many long-term editors have seen this cycle many times over the years, and it's apparent from that WP:ANI discussion that the enthusiasm for the forum is giving some of them the shits.

What does work for new WikiProjects - and, I think, for this idea - is to have momentum and interest before you start seriously thinking about any kind of new forum. We have many existent forums where you could start discussions about how to do things better. We have obviously strong WikiProjects whose key editors could be invited to share their wisdom in some places. Perhaps once some of these discussions are going someone could compile them into Signpost articles. There are many ways to go about this without jumping straight to trying to create a new forum which, going on long past experience, is highly likely to instantly fail. I think you'd be a lot better off going down this line: it's more likely to get the kinds of discussions and coordination you'd like to see happening and much less likely to get the blowback you're obviously getting. The Drover's Wife (talk) 23:24, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

@The Drover's Wife: hi, thanks so much for writing. I am really glad you took the time to write. I think that is sensible advice indeed. I will definitely give that a lot of thought. I may read it in depth, and even write to you further later. but I am really glad you shared those thoughts. that is very helpful. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 00:19, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

WMNYC Meetup pages

Hi! Please undo your recent edits to WMNYC Meetup pages. I'm sure these were done with the best of intentions, but these pages should not be edited. Thank you. Megs (talk) 14:44, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:History overviews by topic

A tag has been placed on Category:History overviews by topic requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. – Fayenatic London 22:53, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Category:Drafts of political history overviews by decade has been nominated for deletion

Category:Drafts of political history overviews by decade, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Fram (talk) 09:02, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Drafts about political history

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Category:Conceptual species roles has been nominated for deletion

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@Fram:, no problem. thanks for your note. i appreciate your helpful notification. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 17:39, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedia community templates has been nominated for merging

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Category:Wikipedia community sites has been nominated for discussion

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I need your help right now please

Hi, good evening, how are you? They denied me the article again and the article has reliable and guaranteed sources. This is unfair. I need your help. Please publish my article you because i don't know what to do. Eltiguere300 (talk) 23:41, 23 February 2020 (UTC)Eltiguere300

this is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Emil_Cerda  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eltiguere300 (talk • contribs) 23:43, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

hi. sorry, but I don't think I can help with this, Eltiguere300. I do note that this individual seems to have a lot of reference information from Spanish sources. Is it possible to get an editor who is fluent in Spanish, and who can do research using sources in the Spanish language? perhaps they could help with this article, more than I could? I would really strongly recommend that. I hope that sounds helpful. --Sm8900 (talk) 02:35, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Issues

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Feb 19: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

February 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC

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Wednesday February 19 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki).

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Metropolitan New York Library Council (8th floor) at 599 11th Avenue, Manhattan

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia editing events March 2020

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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 13:32, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

I'd like to add a suggestion to what our friend Megs (talk · contribs) said. Categorization is often a messy business. If you look in Commons at the parents, children and sister categories of Commons:Category:Wikipedia events you may see how poor it is there. And there, I think, New York is not as badly served as the average in the rest of the world of Wiki-meetups, but it's also not well done. Here in ENWP the same topics are categorized not so messily, but more sparsely and they indeed could use some thoughtful work. However, it would be best to discuss your plan in a fair amount of detail before steaming ahead, because undoing a complex network of poorly planned categories is similarly messy. Pulling it into order is not nearly as easy as with a badly organized article, at least in my experience. Naturally I would eagerly welcome Megs' opinion on these questions. Jim.henderson (talk) 18:14, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia editing events 2020

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Speedy deletion nomination of McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Tech News: 2020-09

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

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 February. It will be on all wikis from 27 February (calendar).

Future changes

There will be a reply button after each post on a talk page if you want one. This will soon be a beta feature on the Arabic, French, Dutch and Hungarian Wikipedias. You will have to turn it on if you want to use it. It will come to more wikis later. You can test the reply button. It was briefly shown earlier than planned by mistake on the four first wikis last week.

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21:00, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-08

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Recent changes

Pages on Wikidata and Commons now load faster. You can read more about page load performance. [3][4]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 February. It will be on all wikis from 20 February (calendar).

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16:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Category:Politics overviews by decade has been nominated for merging

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The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 on Jim Mattis

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Tech News: 2020-04

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

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 January. It will be on all wikis from 23 January (calendar).

Future changes

There is a new suggestion for what to show when someone edits without registering an account. This is to give unregistered editors better privacy and make some anti-vandalism work go faster. You can give feedback.
Pywikibot is a Python library to automate work on wikis. It will no longer support Python 2. Use the python2 tag if you need to continue running Python 2 scripts. The Pywikibot team strongly recommends to migrate to Python 3. You can get help to do so. [5]
The weekly MediaWiki branch cut will soon become automated. The timing for this cut may change. You can discuss in Phabricator if this affects you. [6]
You can read about coming technical events and mentoring interns.

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Tech News: 2020-05

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

Problems

Some mobile diffs have problems. A couple of buttons are not shown. Structured data diffs on Commons are confusing. The developers are working on fixing it. [7][8]
Administrators on wikis that use Structured Discussions can't move discussion pages. This is a bug. The developers are working on fixing it. [9]

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

There is JavaScript code on Special:Undelete for administrators that makes it possible to automatically select multiple checkboxes by holding the "Shift" key and clicking. This code is also loaded by accident on other special pages and on articles. This makes pages slower to load. This will be fixed. If you know of other special pages where this is useful please tell the developers at phab:T232688.

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18:53, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-06

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

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 February. It will be on all wikis from 6 February (calendar).

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20:05, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-07

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

There is a new version of the Wikimedia Commons app for Android. It should fix the failed uploads problem. [10]

Problems

There was a problem with the new MediaWiki version last week. It deleted some messages by accident. The new version was late because it was stopped to fix things. [11]

Changes later this week

The MediaWiki action API is used by various tools like bots and gadgets. Some error codes will change. Some parameter values that do not follow the standard will no longer work. [12]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 11 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 12 February. It will be on all wikis from 13 February (calendar).

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19:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D looks at a failed German counterattack in the Battle of Normandy

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Tech News: 2020-10

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

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. [13]

Changes later this week

If you forget your password you can ask for a new one to be sent to your email address. You need to know your email address or your username. You will now be able to choose that you need to enter both your email address and your username. This will be a preference. This is to get fewer password reset emails someone else asked for. [14]
When you asked for a new password you could see if the username didn't exist on Special:PasswordReset. Now the page will show the username you entered and tell you an email has been sent if the username exists. This is for better security. [15]
On Special:WhatLinksHere you can see what other pages link to a page. You can see if the link is from a redirect. You can now see which section the redirect links to. [16]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 3 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 4 March. It will be on all wikis from 5 March (calendar).

Future changes

The developers are working on a new interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. You can give feedback. [17]
There is a vote on the creation of a new user group called abuse filter manager. The vote runs from March 1 to March 31 on Meta.
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. [18]

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00:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-11

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

There is a new search word called articletopic. You can use it to search for articles on a specific topic. It is available on the Arabic, Czech, English and Vietnamese Wikipedias. It will come to more Wikipedias soon. [19][20][21]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 March. It will be on all wikis from 12 March (calendar).

Future changes

There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.
The Wikipedia Android app will do push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will come later this year. [22]

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17:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 January 2020

From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium

News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia

Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta

In the media: Turkey's back up, but what's happening with Dot-org and a new visual identity?

Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom

Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019

Gallery: Wiki Loves Monuments 2019, we're all winners

News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations

Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015

In focus: Cryptos and bitcoins and blockchains, oh no!

Recent research: How useful is Wikipedia for novice programmers trying to learn computing concepts?

From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015

On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?

WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report

Humour: Predicting the 6,000,000th article

Obituary: Remembering Wikipedia contributor Brian Boulton

* Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:10, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

April 22: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

April 22, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-8pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

This month, we've invited Esther Jackson of the New York Botanical Garden to join us for an Earth Day focused conversation.

Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

Wednesday April 22 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki).

7:00pm - 8:00 pm online via Zoom (optional breakout rooms from 8:00-8:30)

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 23:26, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-17

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

Tech News

The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 4 May 2020.

Recent changes

The small wiki toolkits is to help smaller wikis that need technical skills. They can learn and share technical skills. [23]
Over-qualified CSS selectors in Wikimedia skins have been removed. div#content is now .mw-body. div.portal is now .portal. div#footer is now #footer. This is so the skins can use HTML5 elements. If your gadgets or user styles used them you will have to update them. [24]

Changes later this week

There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes

Some things on the wikis might look weird or not work in Internet Explorer 8 in the future. Internet Explorer 8 was replaced in 2011. [25]
The font in the diffs will change. [26]
The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 April next week. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 April next week. It will be on all wikis from 30 April next week (calendar).

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18:45, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-12

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

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. [27]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 March. It will be on all wikis from 19 March (calendar).

Future changes

If you edit a page at the same time as someone else you can get an edit conflict. There is a new two-column interface to make it easier to solve this. It will soon be active by default on the German, Arabic, and Farsi Wikipedias. It will be on by default on more wikis within the next months. You will be able to opt out of the new interface. [28][29]
You can see a proposed design for replying to comments in an easier way.

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21:15, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

March 18: First ever ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

March 18, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page.

We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person!

Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.

Wednesday March 18 WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki).

7:00pm - 9:00 pm online via Zoom

We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 04:37, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-13

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

Problems

Some development will be slower than planned. This is because of the current pandemic. You can see the new deployment guidelines. This is to avoid risks when some persons could be unavailable.
There was a problem when adding interwiki links. The tool you use to add interwiki links could suggest the wrong project to link to. This has now been fixed. [30][31]

Changes later this week

The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 24 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 25 March. It will be on all wikis from 26 March (calendar).

Future changes

There is a project to make editing easier for newcomers. The developers are trying to understand what initiatives different Wikipedias have to welcome newcomers. They also want to know which templates are often used for maintenance activities. You can help this project by checking if your wiki's pages are listed on Wikidata.

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17:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Category:Media by decade has been nominated for merging

Category:Media by decade, which you created, has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 08:01, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the logistics behind the Crusades and the USAF's early Cold War nuclear deterrant

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March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

So sorry

I have restored the council page back to an authoritative page rather than a recruitment page listing non council members. So sorry but it's a big change in the nature of the page.--Moxy 🍁 03:48, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

hi Moxy. I do appreciate your helpful note above. sorry, but as far as I know no users are defined as members or non-members of the council, such as it is. in other words, it has never been given any formal set of members. --Sm8900 (talk) 03:50, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Come to the talk page pls.....don't want to edit war. ..but it's all fucked.--Moxy 🍁 03:53, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Moxy, I appreciate your thoughtful notes above, and also your genuine and sincere desire to improve the encyclopedia. however, as you know other editors there have commented on these changes as well. they expressed their own thoughts on these revision, but they did not advocate that all such edits be reversed, undone, or erased in any way. I do appreciate your thoughtful input on this. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 03:58, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I am not seeing much support at all for the change in nature of the page. Best restore stable version till all is worked out.--Moxy 🍁 04:08, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

sorry, but I don't agree. and the stable version was after no one had edited it. my version was stable in that the edits stood after being made, and after multiple editors had viewed them. I appreciate your input. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 04:10, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Moxy: I fully appreciate your desire to keep things in check but I for one think it would be useful to review priorities on WP Council. Given the number of page views on its main page, it looks as if many consider it an important project. At the very least, attention should be given to looking into why it is listed as semi-active, perhaps reviewing methods of wikiproject assessment. But as you suggest, it may be better to discuss all this on the project's talk page. I just thought it might be useful to post a few lines here as I think some encouragement should be given to SM's enthusiasm.--Ipigott (talk) 08:30, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

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thanks ,DexDor!! I appreciate your note. thanks. --Sm8900 (talk) 20:12, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

New Council for WikiProjects

Thank you for the invitation to participate in this group. I'm fairly busy now, so I'm going to decline. Best of luck. Michael E Nolan (talk) 16:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

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item drafts

note to matt 82, village pump

ping|Mattg82}}, thanks so much!! I appreciate your positive words and encouraging insights.

Based on some comments above, I have decided to simplify the name for this new page somewhat. the name "Town Hall" was overly broad, and does not give a real idea of what we are trying to do. so here is the new name, below:

DRAFT NAME: User:Sm8900/Community forum and bulletin board for WikiProjects
- in order to build this, I will be approaching various individual editor who are working on specific group projects, to ask them what items they might like to post.
One editor asked an excellent question; how is this different than Wikipedia:Community bulletin board?
- this idea is different from the Community bulletin board because this would be an active forum, where editors from different wikiprojects exchange ideas and data; the Wikipedia:community bulletin board is mainly for concise announcements.
- however, until we get actual activity there, any such features might remain hypothetical. so I will approach some individual editors, and see what they might like to post there.
- even for simple updates, this page would be much more expansive; in other words, it would not just be for terse announcements, but rather a collaborative bulletin board and forum, so even simple updates would be more detailed, and more engaging
the reason I entitled this "Community forum and bulletin board for WikiProjects," is to make it clear that this is not just one more new WikiProject which might eventually fizzle out; so that's why I did not name this "WikiProject bulletin board," as that would be a bit misleading.

this is still just a page in my own user space. it will remain there, as a draft, until I get some more editors directly involved in this. I hope to approach a few editors who are leading current group efforts, whether at WikiProjects or elsewhere, and see what they might like to post, and hoe to make this a real resource for them.

however, if anyone here has any content or topics that they'd like to post, please feel free to come by any time. right now, we are seeking any material for inclusion that others might find helpful. so any ideas or items are welcome. feel free to visit the page any time, to provide ideas for topics or material, or any comments. thanks!!!