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== Wikiproject Articles for creation Needs You! == |
== Wikiproject Articles for creation Needs You! == |
Revision as of 12:33, 8 March 2013
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Wikiproject Articles for creation Needs You!
Hello Theopolisme:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
Delivered by User:EdwardsBot on behalf of Wikiproject Articles for Creation at 13:44, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)
It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.
Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.
1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:
Metric | Control group | Teahouse group | Contrast |
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Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit) | 5.02 weeks | 8.57 weeks | 1.7x retention |
Average number of articles edited | 58.7 articles | 116.9 edits | 2.0x articles edited |
Average talk page edits | 36.5 edits | 85.6 edits | 2.4x talk page edits |
Average article space edits | 129.6 edits | 360.4 edits | 2.8x article edits |
Average total edits (all namespaces) | 182.1 edits | 532.4 edits | 2.9x total edits |
Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper
Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.
Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)
- -- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:43, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
The Teahouse Turns One!
It's been an exciting year for the Teahouse and you were a part of it. Thanks so much for visiting, asking questions, sharing answers, being friendly and helpful, and just keeping Teahouse an awesome place. You can read more about the impact we're having and the reflections of other guests and hosts like you. Please come by the Teahouse to celebrate with us, and enjoy this sparkly cupcake badge as our way of saying thank you. And, Happy Birthday!
Teahouse First Birthday Badge | |
Awarded to everyone who participated in the Wikipedia Teahouse during its first year! To celebrate the many hosts and guests we've met and the nearly 2000 questions asked and answered during this excellent first year, we're giving out this tasty cupcake badge. |
- --Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 22:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2013 February newsletter
Round 1 is now over. The top 64 scorers have progressed to round 2, where they have been randomly split into eight pools of eight. At the end of April, the top two from each pool, as well as the 16 highest scorers from those remaining, will progress to round 3. Commiserations to those eliminated; if you're interested in still being involved in the WikiCup, able and willing reviewers will always be needed, and if you're interested in getting involved with other collaborative projects, take a look at the WikiWomen's Month discussed below.
Round 1 saw 21 competitors with over 100 points, which is fantastic; that suggests that this year's competition is going to be highly competative. Our lower scores indicate this, too: A score of 19 was required to reach round 2, which was significantly higher than the 11 points required in 2012 and 8 points required in 2011. The score needed to reach round 3 will be higher, and may depend on pool groupings. In 2011, 41 points secured a round 3 place, while in 2012, 65 was needed. Our top three scorers in round 1 were:
- Sturmvogel_66 (submissions), primarily for an array of warship GAs.
- Miyagawa (submissions), primarily for an array of did you knows and good articles, some of which were awarded bonus points.
- Casliber (submissions), due in no small part to Canis Minor, a featured article awarded a total of 340 points. A joint submission with Keilana (submissions), this is the highest scoring single article yet submitted in this year's competition.
Other contributors of note include:
- Sven Manguard (submissions), whose Portal:Massachusetts is the first featured portal this year. The featured portal process is one of the less well-known featured processes, and featured portals have traditionally had little impact on WikiCup scores.
- Sasata (submissions), whose Mycena aurantiomarginata was the first featured article this year.
- Muboshgu (submissions) and Wizardman (submissions), who both claimed points for articles in the Major League Baseball tie-breakers topic, the first topic points in the competition.
- Toa Nidhiki05 (submissions), who claimed for the first full good topic with the Casting Crowns studio albums topic.
Featured topics have still played no part in this year's competition, but once again, a curious contribution has been offered by The C of E (submissions): did you know that there is a Shit Brook in Shropshire? With April Fools' Day during the next round, there will probably be a good chance of more unusual articles...
March sees the WikiWomen's History Month, a series of collaborative efforts to aid the women's history WikiProject to coincide with Women's History Month and International Women's Day. A number of WikiCup participants have already started to take part. The project has a to-do list of articles needing work on the topic of women's history. Those interested in helping out with the project can find articles in need of attention there, or, alternatively, add articles to the list. Those interested in collaborating on articles on women's history are also welcome to use the WikiCup talk page to find others willing to lend a helping hand. Another collaboration currently running is an an effort from WikiCup participants to coordinate a number of Easter-themed did you know articles. Contributions are welcome!
A few final administrative issues. From now on, submission pages will need only a link to the article and a link to the nomination page, or, in the case of good article reviews, a link to the review only. See your submissions' page for details. This will hopefully make updating submission pages a little less tedious. 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. 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. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 01:14, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
Hm, I'm not sure...
Yo, Theo, I was glancing at your RfA (always fun times, I know) and I noticed question 9 and your answer. I don't want to post this on your RfA directly, since I'm no copyright expert myself, but have you seen Wikipedia:Licensing_update? I believe it means that GFDL (and presumably the ohter ones as well) is not compatible with Wikipedia's, unless it's also licensed under CC-BY-SA. See also the chart on this page. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 14:54, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
- Looks like this wasn't aptly clarified in my answer; thanks for pointing it out. Updated with the caveat. —Theopolisme (talk) 22:01, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
RfA
Sorry to see that you didn't pass. This was just slightly under Secret's, which passed the other day. Once you are in the middle 70s, there is no "wrong" or "right", it is purely up to the closing Crat, and in this case, he viewed it as not having consensus even though 75% of the people supported you. I think the lesson to take is that the overwhelming majority supported you, and the majority that didn't just felt like you needed to wait another 6 months and polish up on some of the CSD and AFD errors. Your ratios are fine, they just think you rush a bit sometimes. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to be more convincing, and while I respect the opposing votes (and appreciate the fact that almost all were heart felt and sincere), I was very comfortable with you having the admin bit and still think you would have done fine. I think if you wait 6 months, take the advice to heart, work on a few weak points, then you will surely pass next time. I will be happy to nominate or co-nominate you at that time if you like, and of course, if you prefer someone else, I completely understand as well. Just be sure to take the good from this: 3 out of 4 people wanted you to be an admin, so you do have broad support here. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 16:30, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Theopolisme. I closed your RfA as no consensus; I've left a statement explaining my conclusion. The main concern is inexperience at this point; as Dennis says above, wait another six months, and I think too that you will have enough experience by then. Maybe try to get a GA? When I became an admin (this was June 2007, so years ago), I had little-to-no quality-article writing experience, and I found that when I actually started with FLs, than continued to GAs and FAs, I was able to appreciate and understand the ins-and-outs of Wikipedia so much better, which reflected in my usual edits and my admin actions. Maxim(talk) 16:49, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
- Ouch. That's one of the closest RfAs I've seen for a long time. I was undecided in the end, but as I said there, I think you have the makings of a very good admin. Maxim and Dennis both offer some excellent advice and I hope you'll take it on board once the disappointment subsides. If there was one little piece of advice I was gong to offer, even though you're probably sick of hearing it, it would be to spend some time in the mainspace. It won't just bolster your wiki-CV or impress potential voters at your next RfA, it'll give you a much broader, well-rounded understanding of how Wikipedia works, and that will make you a much more effective admin. Anyway, try not to take it too personally, and remember that almost everyone (including most of the opposers) thinks you're doing good work. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:43, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) That was about as close as they come. Even with the opposes, which did make some good points, I still think you'd have made a good admin right now - but give it a few more months and it should be a breeze. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:52, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Your RfA
I'm sorry to see where your RfA went. It was close at it could get. I can be for certain, though, that you will pass if you reapply in a few months. Command and Conquer Expert! speak to me...review me... 18:37, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks (to everyone!) for your thoughts and feedback during the past week. While I am obviously disappointed, it's nothing that a bit of R&R can't cure; I'm planning on a marathon Seinfeld run tonight (and possibly tomorrow, depending on how long my contact lenses stay moist). I really appreciate the excellent advice; some of the recent stubs I've been working on have the potential to blossom into much fuller articles, so I'll put on my 'writer hat' and take a closer look at them over the next few weeks. Until then, as they say, happy editing, and may the force be with you, —Theopolisme (talk) 20:01, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
- Its great to hear that you are taking some R&R, we all need some. I'm also in the writing mood so feel free to give me a shout if you want to do some content work together! -- Cheers, Riley 01:10, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Admin's Barnstar | |
Everything that I would say here, is already at that RfA. You have won the support and trust of 3/4 of the community. At heart, you are an admin. — ΛΧΣ21 00:49, 3 March 2013 (UTC) |
Greetings, I've noticed your interest in articles relating to C/C++ and would like to invite you to join the WikiProject C/C++, a group of Wikipedians devoted to improving articles related to C and C++. If you're interested, please consider adding yourself to the list of participants and joining the discussion on the talkpage. --—Sowlos
Speedy Deletion
Thanks for the notice. Newbie mistake. Revolution1221 (talk) 22:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
- No worries! It's always refreshing to have fresh blood, and I'll be happy to help you with whatever you need. —Theopolisme (talk) 22:44, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
Comments?
Hello there!
Just wondering if I could get some feedback on the work I have done within my sandbox regarding my stub. Would like to to know what the Wiki community thinks. Please :) Thank you for your time.13:15, 5 March 2013 (UTC)BMRoberts (talk)
- Done Replied on talk. —Theopolisme (talk) 21:55, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
CVUA Trainer request
Hello, I am relatively new to Wikipedia and am amazed at the the complexity of the Wikipedia community. As a result, I want to be a permanent part of this community and help Wikipedia stay a safe and accurate place for learning. I would like for you to help me accomplish that by being my Counter Vandalism instructor. Please let me know how we are going to do this. Here are some things you should know about me and keep in mind as my instructor:
- I am not the most familiar on how to use Wikipedia (but don't worry I learn fast and currently I can get by)
- I Type at 15 words per minute
- I am a high schooler.
- I live in Austin Texas.
- I am not always available but try to go on Wikipedia 1 hour and 30 min every day.
- I use Twinkle and lupin.
--Liberalufp (talk) 00:33, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
- Great; I'll be happy to help! I'm rather preoccupied at the moment but will set up a special CVUA page for you as soon as I get a chance. Is there anything specific you're interested in learning about, or are you interested in more general lessons about a wider range of Wikipedia-related topics? Cheers, —Theopolisme (talk) 00:54, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
- I am interested in ways to easily find vandalism and general topics. Thank you so much for helping me. Please let me know when you are ready.
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You are an editor whose edit has been mentioned there. If you post or vote, please post your own opinion (no problem, if it goes against my proposal)! Tito Dutta (contact) 09:35, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
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