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- "And when people did help they were given a flattering name. They weren’t called “Wikipedia’s little helpers,” they were called “editors.” It was like a giant community leaf-raking project in which everyone was called a groundskeeper. Some brought very fancy professional metal rakes, or even back-mounted leaf-blowing systems, and some were just kids thrashing away with the sides of their feet or stuffing handfuls in the pockets of their sweatshirts, but all the leaves they brought to the pile were appreciated. And the pile grew and everyone jumped up and down in it having a wonderful time. And it grew some more, and it became the biggest leaf pile anyone had ever seen anywhere, a world wonder."
— New York Review of Books, [1]
- "I call this Revolution 2.0. Revolution 2.0 is, is - I say that our revolution is like Wikipedia, OK? Everyone is contributing content. You don't know the names of the people contributing the content ... This is exactly what happened... Everyone was contributing small pieces, bits and pieces. We drew this whole picture. We drew this whole picture of a revolution. And that picture - no one is the hero in that picture."
— Activist Wael Ghonim
- "I'd like to say out loud that I really liked the atmosphere, that I enjoy more and more the simple fact that when we are together (chapters, WMF, affiliates, user groups, everyone) we feel like a movement, we act like a movement, we work and eat and drink and dance together and we argue much less than when we are online, typing in front of screens. I learned a lot about the ongoing transformation of the Wikimedia Foundation: many things are changing, they are working a lot, and very often we as affiliates do not notice these things. I saw many changes towards a better, more open and more collaborative Foundation, and I don't know many times I heard WMF employees asking for feedback and help."
— Aubrey, President of Wikimedia Italia, on Wikimedia-l after the 2015 Wikimedia conference in Berlin
- "What are we going to do tonight, Brain? Same thing we do every night, Pinky, try and take over the world."
- ""Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again."
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You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.
You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of general or widespread agreement).
You should mention anything you have learned from your target.
Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
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Wikipedia works because of how many people participate in creating and checking its pages. All changes go through a virtual filter--a gauntlet--of intelligent computer and human review. Thousands of people are constantly scouring new changes, and millions of readers keep an eye out for anything that seems off. Because of this process, research studies have shown that Wikipedia is just as accurate as traditional encyclopedias, but its errors get fixed faster. We are living proof of the coders' motto that "With enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow". In other words, many hands make anything possible! 1. Edit filter (automatic pattern rejection) 2. CBNG (machine-learning artificial neural network bot) 3. Huggle, Igloo, Lupin's filtered list (human assisted regex/badwords) 4. STiki (cbng residual feed, missed vandalism, subtle vandalism--human assisted metadata and pattern based review) 5. Article watchlists, selective page and topic monitoring by users 6. Pending changes, live version delay, reviewed by autoconfirmed users 7. Semi-protection, prevents non-autoconfirmed users from editing 8. Full protection, prevents non-admins from editing 9. Official readers, journalists and subjects of articles who report mistakes in the news (not good!) 10. Random readers, millions of individuals who fix errors when they come upon them |
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Requests for page protection
User:Ocaasi/HeaderAdministrator instructions </noinclude>Current requests for increase in protection levelPlace requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the rolling archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here. Short descriptive header
Pending changes protection: I suggest to replace the silver lock on the mentioned pages with a white or orange lock (pending changes protection). Pending changes is standard in the German Wikipedia in the main article namespace. Lana (wrestling)
Semi-protection: Disruptive editing, multiple vandalism editions and issues by unregistered and registered users.TheBellaTwins1445(talk) 10:54, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Talk:NairSemi-protection: Page is under 500/30 restrictions currently, enforced by Special:AbuseFilter/698. Since non-autoconfirmed editors will have their edits rejected anyway it would be best to semi-protect to prevent editor frustration. Strongjam (talk) 16:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
Kingdom of Ireland
Semi-protection: An IP from Hong Kong keeps on doing an edit every couple of days and it keeps on being reverted by different editors. The IP keeps changing so I haven't been able to communicate with them and they don't leave an edit comment or go to the talk page. This has been happening since last June. The IP may have a point and I've requested a change to the template concerned in the articles but no action there and multiple editors have reverted the IP. They need to say what's bugging them or just stop and go away. Dmcq (talk) 18:52, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Armin Hodžić
Pending changes: Blocked user User:HankMoodyTZ is still adding unreferenced content into this article using variable IP adresses like[4].--Oleola (talk) 19:24, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Srđan Grahovac
Pending changes: Blocked user User:HankMoodyTZ is still adding unreferenced content into this article using variable IP adresses like[5].--Oleola (talk) 19:25, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Battle of Mu'tah
Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. IPs continue to change battle result, troops figures and casualty figures. Kansas Bear (talk) 19:26, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Tino-Sven Sušić
Pending changes: Blocked user User:HankMoodyTZ is still adding unreferenced content into this article using variable IP adresses like[6].--Oleola (talk) 19:27, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2016
Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism. George Ho (talk) 20:05, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016
Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism. George Ho (talk) 20:07, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Republican Party presidential debates and forums, 2016
Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism. George Ho (talk) 20:08, 11 March 2016 (UTC) AlexBugatti
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Author continually removing CSD tag on NN autobiographical page. RickinBaltimore (talk) 20:19, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
History of the periodic table
Pending changes: Persistant and long-term vandalism. Very noticeable especially when someone is researching science. Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 21:47, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Alan Brown (Scottish politician)
Semi-protection: Content that appears to be WP:LIBEL has been added using range of IP addresses over a period of several days. Drchriswilliams (talk) 21:55, 11 March 2016 (UTC) User:BNutzer
Indefinite full protection: Per WP:Deceased_Wikipedians/Guidelines#On_the_userpage. I'm trying to get better information and better verification but the condolence page on the German Wikipedia is pretty authoritative. DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·ʇuoɔ) WER 21:57, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Monarch Alternative Capital
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – All referenced content was removed and replaced with promotional stuff. Rathfelder (talk) 22:02, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Russell Wilson
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recent high profile news event, persistent vandalism. aqwfyj Talk/Contribs 22:59, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Old Boots, New Dirt
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Tons of IP users have been completely ruining this article with vandalism today. Somehow most of it slipped by vandalism patrollers, just discovered it with dozens of unreverted vandalism edits. IagoQnsi (talk) 23:07, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Dangerous Woman (album)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated attempts to add unsourced or false information to an upcoming album article; many details are being released in the near future and we can expect many updates to this article. --Another Believer (Talk) 23:22, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Revival Tour
Semi-protection or Pending changes protection: IP vandalism of false tour dates. This page was semi-protected for only a week last time. This page should be protected until the tour is over. Musicpoplover12 (talk) 23:45, 11 March 2016 (UTC) Oh Se-hun (singer)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Continuing attacks on several K-pop artists' articles based on adding same-sex spouses on their infobox. Multi-month campaign. Please check the protection log of the article and similar articles such as Park Chanyeol and Byun Baek-hyun. Fans vandalise the article then take screenshots to share with other fans. Please see this admission by a vandal of a similar article. Dr. K. 23:53, 11 March 2016 (UTC) AdvantagesA pending-change-lock can be more useful sometimes. It's main advantages are:
If my suggestion is not a good idea, please feel free to explain any reason here. I appreciate any feedback.
Elevations Residential Treatment Center
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by 45.50.173.186. GetSomeUtah (talk) 00:25, 12 March 2016 (UTC) User talk:Lazylaces
Temporary semi-protection: Page is under attack from a series of socks. MarnetteD|Talk 01:32, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection levelPlease post requests in this section for removing or reducing the protection level of a page if the protecting admin is inactive or you have already asked them.
Check here if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here. Creepypasta
Pending changes edit request on 11 March 2016Please bring down Creepypasta to Pending changes, Please. — 2601:183:4000:D5BD:E404:EA86:FB4C:C7D8 (talk) 01:20, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected pageFurther information: Wikipedia:Edit requests
Handled requestsA rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive. Protected edit requests
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- "It worked and grew because it tapped into the heretofore unmarshaled energies of the uncredentialed. The thesis procrastinators, the history buffs, the passionate fans of the alternate universes of Garth Nix, Robotech, Half-Life, P.G. Wodehouse, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charles Dickens, or Ultraman—all those people who hoped that their years of collecting comics or reading novels or staring at TV screens hadn’t been a waste of time—would pour the fruits of their brains into Wikipedia, because Wikipedia added up to something. This wasn’t like writing reviews on Amazon, where you were just one of a million people urging a tiny opinion and a Listmania list onto the world—this was an effort to build something that made sense apart from one’s own opinion, something that helped the whole human cause roll forward."
—New York Review of Books, [2]
- "So there was this exhilarating sense of mission—of proving the greatness of the Internet through an unheard-of collaboration. Very smart people dropped other pursuits and spent days and weeks and sometimes years of their lives doing “stub dumps,” writing ancillary software, categorizing and linking topics, making and remaking and smoothing out articles—without getting any recognition except for the occasional congratulatory barnstar on their user page and the satisfaction of secret fame. Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism—a place for shy, learned people to deposit their trawls."
—New York Review of Books, [3]