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Hello! I just wanted to point out a very interesting article from Il Post about the difficulties encountered by newly-registered Wikipedia users during their first contributions, and the tips they can take advantage of to improve and keep their confidence up.
The article was written by Viola Stefanello – who we already cited on the Signpost before – and it's very interesting and informative, especially considering the context of a seemingly ever-shrinking base of users and admins on this platform. It also cites a recent video tutorial by Molly White and contains several brief interviews, including to Wikimedian Marta Arosio and admin Sannita.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to add it myself, but it should make for a pretty engaging lead story! Oltrepier (talk) 20:57, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@HaeB @Jayen466 Maybe, we could even kill two birds with one stone and mention this into the Special report I originally suggested, even though it's quite an ambitious task... How do you feel about that? Oltrepier (talk) 20:59, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Oltrepier I think it could work either way – if it's in ITM, you could add a link to your Special Report there, and vice versa. We would actually have an issue that mentions Italian Wikipedia in two segments!!!
But if the content ties in well with the Italian ArbCom story and adds a valuable extra perspective – well, then go for it. We could still put a little note in ITM regardless. AndreasJN466 20:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jayen466 Sounds good! However, I've got pretty snowed under with some real-life priorities at the moment, so I think it's better if I back off slightly from my ambitious plan, and just work on the "In the media" piece for now (it should be the "lighter" blurb of the two, anyway, both topically and in terms of workload).
Hello! First of all, sorry for not being able to help with the up-coming issue: I've been pretty much snowed with other tasks and priorities...
Since the first ever election cycle for the newly-established Italian ArbCom has just come to an end, I feel like it would be nice to talk about it next time, so much that I'm considering to write a full Special report about it, by even reaching out to some of the most notable users involved in the process. However, if you feel like we should rather stick to a shorter blurb in the "News and notes" column, I'd be up for it, as well!
How do you all feel about this? Oltrepier (talk) 20:26, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We are abjectly grateful to anyone who writes anything at all about the governance of the non-English projects. Sounds interesting, in particular given the Orsini affair and the recent de-stewarding of one of the Italian stewards. AndreasJN466 14:42, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jayen466 I'm very happy to read this! So, do you think it deserves its own Special report? Oltrepier (talk) 20:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Up to the EiC, but there aren't too many projects that have an ArbCom, so if a major project creates one, yes, I'd say that's worth writing about. I also wonder if User:Gitz6666 might like to contribute some views or info to any article; he is a native speaker. AndreasJN466 22:51, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the ping. I'd be happy to help, but I'm afraid that a contribution from me would be perceived as inappropraite, even inflammatory, by many it.wiki users. Notable points about the Italian ArbCom: 1. It has limited purview and doesn't deal with deflagging/desysopping. 2. The arbitrators' opinions/votes and their reasoning are kept secret from the community (see here at No 4), which I find quite extraordinary since arbitrators are elected by the community. I've written my views on this in my blog here (in Italian). Gitz (talk) (contribs) 23:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Gitz. Oltrepier, Gitz's comments would certainly be worth referring to. How is your Italian? AndreasJN466 14:03, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jayen466 Uhhh, it's actually my native language, so... quite good! : D Oltrepier (talk) 07:55, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Superb! I didn't know. AndreasJN466 12:14, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Andreas that this sounds like a valuable topic to cover. FWIW, regarding the steward election outcome: I posted a brief summary here.
Regards, HaeB (talk) 04:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't claim to be an expert on military history, but I see some potential errors in the description of the invasion of Normandy. If this is important enough to go over, let me know, otherwise I'm probably not going to invest more time in it. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:58, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Move these up to the appropriate position as required (e.g. adjacent to News and Notes). Copy the section header from the submission page into the |Submission= parameter so that the "Check status" button appears and works correctly.