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Contents
- 1 This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2019)
- 2 Adminship
- 3 NPR Newsletter No.17
- 4 File:Marjorie Paxson.jpg
- 5 This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2019)
- 6 A barnstar for you!
- 7 Freya Dinshah
- 8 FR30799386's User Scripts
- 9 Autopatrolled
- 10 Autopatrolled granted
- 11 This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2019)
- 12 April editathons at Women in Red
- 13 April 2019
- 14 DYK for The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook
- 15 Reputation Management
- 16 This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2019)
- 17 Content Suggestions Being Ignored
- 18 DYK for Marjorie Paxson
- 19 This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2019)
This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2019)
Zippers with common teeth variations: metal teeth (top), coil teeth and plastic teeth The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Wanted poster • Cheeseburger Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 March 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Adminship
I don't suppose you've ever thought about running the gauntlet at RfA, have you? I know we disagreed at DeltaQuad's RfB, but I think it was conducted politely and respectfully; I agree with you in the general principle, just not the specific incident, and you posted the only oppose !vote that didn't attract any criticism or badgering, which shows you can talk a good argument. Elsewhere I see plenty of content creation, thoughtful opinions at AfD, and general air of cluefulness. It would be nice having somebody else closing the "difficult" AfDs as I seem to have been doing rather a lot of those lately, and it would be nice to spread the load a bit. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 17:53, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
- Wow, it's very flattering that anyone would even think that, thank you. I doubt I'm competent enough, but you've definitely made my day. --valereee (talk) 20:25, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
- Okay, I'll do a proper evaluation tomorrow and let you know. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 23:10, 14 March 2019 (UTC)
I have sent you an email with my findings. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:47, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- Got it, thanks! It weirdly appeared in my inbox over 45 minutes after the email notifying me of it. My provider sucks. --valereee (talk) 15:52, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
NPR Newsletter No.17
Hello Valereee,
- News
- The WMF has announced that Google Translate is now available for translating articles through the content translation tool. This may result in an increase in machine translated articles in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to use the {{rough translation}} tag and gently remind (or inform) editors that translations from other language Wikipedia pages still require attribution per WP:TFOLWP.
- Discussions of interest
- Two elements of CSD G6 have been split into their own criteria: R4 for redirects in the "File:" namespace with the same name as a file or redirect at Wikimedia Commons (Discussion), and G14 for disambiguation pages which disambiguate zero pages, or have "(disambiguation)" in the title but disambiguate a single page (Discussion).
- {{db-blankdraft}} was merged into G13 (Discussion)
- A discussion recently closed with no consensus on whether to create a subject-specific notability guideline for theatrical plays.
- There is an ongoing discussion on a proposal to create subject-specific notability guidelines for chemicals and organism taxa.
- Reminders
- NPR is not a binary keep / delete process. In many cases a redirect may be appropriate. The deletion policy and its associated guideline clearly emphasise that not all unsuitable articles must be deleted. Redirects are not contentious. See a classic example of the templates to use. More templates are listed at the R template index. Reviewers who are not aware, do please take this into consideration before PROD, CSD, and especially AfD because not even all admins are aware of such policies, and many NAC do not have a full knowledge of them.
- NPP Tools Report
- Superlinks – allows you to check an article's history, logs, talk page, NPP flowchart (on unpatrolled pages) and more without navigating away from the article itself.
- copyvio-check – automatically checks the copyvio percentage of new pages in the background and displays this info with a link to the report in the 'info' panel of the Page curation toolbar.
- The NPP flowchart now has clickable hyperlinks.
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This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2019)
Many of the internal organs of the human body The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Zipper • Wanted poster Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 March 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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A barnstar for you!
The Teamwork Barnstar | |
You have a good attitude Whispyhistory (talk) 17:11, 18 March 2019 (UTC) |
- Well, thank you very much! I actually try to do that, so it's very nice to have someone say I'm managing it. :) --valereee (talk) 18:45, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Freya Dinshah
I had tried several times to develop an article on Freya Dinshah, whom I know well. Anne Dinshah and I worked together on the Jay Dinshah article before Anne published her book on her father, as seen through the eyes of his friends. I authored one chapter in that book. I would be happy to collaborate with you on a Freya Dinshah and/or AVS article, both of which I think are needed. Yuo might also think of an article on Brian and Sharon Graff, and one on The Vegetarian Hotel in Woodbridge, New York, as well as the Konviser family that ran it and contribute in other ways. MaynardClark (talk) 20:16, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- MaynardClark, I'd love to work on a Freya Dinshah or The Vegan Kitchen article! I've been wanting to start a draft, but I'm having a hard time finding sourcing. Do you happen to have clippings? --valereee (talk) 20:48, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- I will look for whatever I have. I know I have photos, and Anne Dinshah could snap and upload a good current photo. Send me an e-mail. MaynardClark (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- MaynardClark, I'd rather discuss at User talk:Valereee/Freya Dinshah if possible; in general WP likes to keep discussions in public view. --valereee (talk) 18:28, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- Could I recommend that you consider biographers of a few more vegan women, about whose biographies I could be helpful:
- Eriyah Flynn, US Air Force veteran and founder of vegan online networking across North America.
- Evelyn Kimber, currently leader of Boston Vegetarian Society, mentioned a few times already in Wikipedia.
- Pamela Teisler-Rice, founder of VivaVegie and its annual NY Veggie Parade, who ran parade for 10 years, mentioned a few times already in Wikipedia.
- JoAnn Farb, former bench scientist and member of Vegetarian Union of North America (VUNA), now vegan blogger.
- Karen and Michael Iacobbo, vegan journalists from Providence, Rhode Island, cited in articles about vegetarian and vegan history.
- I have worked with all of them. 'Talk with Maynard!' MaynardClark (talk) 12:56, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- MaynardClark, the issue is always notability, which is the current issue with Dinshah. We need to see multiple reliable sources providing significant coverage. I generally use a rule-of-thumb of three absolutely reliable sources, ideally in full-length articles that are primarily about the person and at minimum talk about her at length. --valereee (talk) 12:55, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- Could I recommend that you consider biographers of a few more vegan women, about whose biographies I could be helpful:
- MaynardClark, I'd rather discuss at User talk:Valereee/Freya Dinshah if possible; in general WP likes to keep discussions in public view. --valereee (talk) 18:28, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- I will look for whatever I have. I know I have photos, and Anne Dinshah could snap and upload a good current photo. Send me an e-mail. MaynardClark (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
FR30799386's User Scripts
Dear all. Recently, FR30799386 (talk) was blocked for sock puppetry. Among their projects were a number of user scripts that they left behind. I (DannyS712) have copied the scripts, and have taken over maintaining them. You currently import one or more of FR30799386's scripts, and I thought that you might want to import a maintained version. Links to each script are provided below.
- User:DannyS712/communicator
- User:DannyS712/copyvio-check
- User:DannyS712/Undo
- User:DannyS712/Quick-undo
- User:DannyS712/Readonly
- User:DannyS712/Redirectify
- User:DannyS712/Section-strike
If you have any questions, please reach out and talk to me. --DannyS712 (talk) 03:57, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
Autopatrolled
I have added a request for you to be autopatrolled... here. I think you obviously deserve this. Acabashi (talk) 13:04, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
- Acabashi, thanks for the kind gesture, that's so nice to hear! --valereee (talk) 08:19, 23 March 2019 (UTC) woo hoo! Now I can create the article about myself that I've been scheming towards for so long!
Autopatrolled granted
Hi Valereee, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! ~ Amory (u • t • c) 13:57, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you, Amory! And thanks to Acabashi for making the request, it's so nice when someone expresses confidence in you! --valereee (talk) 18:22, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
- I am pleased with that, since IMO valereee has done such good work. MaynardClark (talk) 19:01, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2019)
Lady Gaga playing a keytar, which is a type of keyboard instrument The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Organ (anatomy) • Zipper Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 March 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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April editathons at Women in Red
April 2019
April 2019, Volume 5, Issue 4, Numbers 107, 108, 114, 115, 116, 117
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--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:02, 25 March 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging
(Please excuse this post if it is a duplicate!)
DYK for The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for your work on The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook and on other vegetarian- and vegan-interest articles. Will you be able to modify your The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook article to include the Did you know mention? MaynardClark (talk) 14:50, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- MaynardClark, the DYK mention should go onto the talk page automatically. --valereee (talk) 20:33, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Reputation Management
I just saw the reputation management page and saw that you might need help to point out the promotional content. For me, I would suggest to remove reputation management companies from this page as it seems promotional.
I have removed for now, not sure if i should ask before removing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:1382:E76F:D424:EC92:8835:80EE (talk) 18:42, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
- You can remove anything you find that looks promotional! If someone else reverts, it's time to go to the talk page of the article and discuss. Generally that will attract other editors who will come in and check what's going on. If possible, it's a great idea to register an account. Developing an edit history is helpful to other editors. --valereee (talk) 20:39, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2019)
The interior of a gym in The Netherlands, around 1900 The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Keyboard instrument • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:06, 1 April 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Content Suggestions Being Ignored
Hi. I was wondering if you still had any feedback on the content suggestions for the talk page of Bob McDonald (businessman). I'm happy to collaborate and provide any edits based on your suggestions if you have any. Thank you.
Tsmith47 (talk) 19:41, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hi, Tsmith47! Did I make some edits there previously? I'm sorry, not enough coffee yet this morning! --valereee (talk) 12:50, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- No worries, I know the feeling! The edits I am referring to have all be suggested by me on the talk page. I originally inquired for help because I feel my suggested edits for Bob McDonald (businessman) are being ignored for some reason and I don't know why because they are unbiased and would add a lot of value for readers. If you have any insight that would be tremendously helpful. Feel free to let me know if I can help in any way. Thank you! Tsmith47 (talk) 17:45, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- Tsmith47, frankly, they're probably being ignored for a number of reasons. He's paying you, so a lot of noninvolved editors will look at this as a sort of vanity press issue. I personally don't mind working with COI editors, but I generally do it more because I can get behind their concerns. We're mostly volunteers who write about stuff that interests us or are interested in building the project, so making sure Mr. McDonald's article is exactly the way he wants it isn't high on our priority list, lol. A lot of the requested edits just seem a little silly -- top 2% for instance, rather than simply graduated from West Point. Seriously? That's what's keeping him up nights and making him pay an editor? If he wants to say that on his LinkedIn, fine, lol, but honestly that kind of edit request makes me not want to help. He seems like an asshole. Sorry, I know you're just doing a job. --valereee (talk) 18:27, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- No worries, I know the feeling! The edits I am referring to have all be suggested by me on the talk page. I originally inquired for help because I feel my suggested edits for Bob McDonald (businessman) are being ignored for some reason and I don't know why because they are unbiased and would add a lot of value for readers. If you have any insight that would be tremendously helpful. Feel free to let me know if I can help in any way. Thank you! Tsmith47 (talk) 17:45, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
- valereee, I can completely understand your stance. I too see some request and comments that simply make me turn my head sideways. However, his reason for engaging a paid contributor is not to fight in the minutiae of minor details but rather to work within the framework of Wikipedia to offer accurate information about his life and experiences. The suggested updates and references that I have made have been vetted at length for their accuracy. What is most disappointing is that some editors may not want this type of information published because it doesn't support their narrative of the article and its subject. I appreciate your feedback and honesty. Please feel free to reach out to me if there is anything we can collaborate on in the future. I’m happy to help! Tsmith47 (talk) 12:18, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- Tsmith47, yeah, a COI always attracts scrutiny by other editors who will then be on the lookout for negative coverage to balance out the positive-coverage additions suggested by the COI editor, which can start to feel like exactly what you're describing. If there's something actually inaccurate, or truly important information missing, ping me in a new section and give me 1. the exact sentence you're suggesting be removed and 2. the exact sentence you're suggesting it should be replaced with. I should literally have to simply cut and paste. Please also provide one correctly formatted reference for the information with a good description of where in that reference I can check without having to search. Make me do the least work possible. I looked at your last three suggested changes sections and they're both unclear and overwhelming. I don't even understand what you're asking for -- it's just huge sections of text, what changes are you suggesting with those long sections with dozens of references? -- and it looks like literally hours of work, for an article I'm not interested in. I am willing to work with you, but I am not willing to give up more than a few minutes of my own precious volunteer time to help a stranger get paid. Give me ONE CLEARLY STATED change you want, in its own section, and ping me. --13:25, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
- valereee, I can completely understand your stance. I too see some request and comments that simply make me turn my head sideways. However, his reason for engaging a paid contributor is not to fight in the minutiae of minor details but rather to work within the framework of Wikipedia to offer accurate information about his life and experiences. The suggested updates and references that I have made have been vetted at length for their accuracy. What is most disappointing is that some editors may not want this type of information published because it doesn't support their narrative of the article and its subject. I appreciate your feedback and honesty. Please feel free to reach out to me if there is anything we can collaborate on in the future. I’m happy to help! Tsmith47 (talk) 12:18, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
DYK for Marjorie Paxson
— Amakuru (talk) 07:04, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2019)
Hello, Valereee.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Gym • Keyboard instrument Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 8 April 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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