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Features for new users coming soon (and mentors, like you, wanted!)
Hello. As you're currently listed as a host at the Teahouse, I wanted to make sure you're aware of the imminent rollout of new Growth Team Features which every new account will be getting by default. Each users will soon see a new 'Homepage' tab next to their User page. It contains two main elements which might impact on your involvement - and you'd be welcome to get involved and help out directly with one of them.
- Firstly, they will be offered a range of 'suggested edits', and encouraged to make simple improvements to pages that interest them. (Being aware of this feature would be helpful for all Teahouse hosts if you're likely to offer advice on tasks for them to start out doing.)
- There's also a 'Your impact' box to show them how many people have seen the pages they've just edited.
- Finally, each new user is randomly assigned a 'mentor' from a list of friendly, experienced editors, like yourself. If they get stuck, they can ask a question directly to them via a Your mentor box, and hopefully get a swift, friendly answer from that mentor. Currently, this feature is given to 2% of new users, but it's set to increase to around 10% in the very near future.
To spread the load on our current list of around 65 mentors, I'm reaching out to ask if you'd like to help out and sign up as one? The workload is relatively small; User Panini! reports receiving four questions a month, on average, all of which were simple ones of the type we already get at the Teahouse, whilst I've had just one in the last 3 weeks. To view a list of every question asked of all mentors over the last 14 days, click here.
If becoming a mentor and being available to help new users on their first few days here interests you - just as you already do at the Teahouse - then please consider signing up at Growth Team features/Mentor list. But please only do so if you can genuinely be available to help new users with a reasonably timely response. Existing users can already 'opt-in' to seeing the Newcomer Homepage features via their Preferences.
Thank you! Nick Moyes (talk) 11:04, 25 February 2022 (UTC) PS: How are things going for you these days? Hope college is doing OK. (I note you're still described as a 'high school' student at the Teahouse. Feel free to leave or change it as you see fit.) Nick.
- Hi Nick Moyes, it's nice to hear from you. I'm definitely not a high school student anymore, so thanks for telling me so I can update it (or maybe remove it temporarily because I'm not really on Wikipedia as often as I'd like and I wouldn't want someone to reach out and not be able to get an answer). Post-secondary is going well. I actually ended up doing a different program at a different institution than originally intended. I don't think I'm going to opt-in right now because I'm really busy with everything. I have a 30-credit courseload each semester right now plus a part-time job. I'm thinking of quitting because even those two things together can feel overwhelming. But things should be less busy about a year and a half from now so if you still need people at that point I'll take another look at it. Thank you for thinking of me! I hope things have been going well for you. Clovermoss (talk) 15:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- Gosh - you sound busy and pressured. Better than not doing anything, of course. As right now I'm going through and editing the host list, I'll save you the trouble of deleting it and take it out for you, and obviously hope to see you back again when things change for you. All the best, and keep in touch. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:24, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Nick Moyes: 20 credits, not 30! Typos make all the difference. But it's still a lot. I get some time off every now and then (like next week - reading week in Canada is midsemester) so you might see me around sporadically. Clovermoss (talk) 15:44, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- You're talking to someone to whom that makes no sense either way! But working hard is often the best way. My eldest got her 1st class honours BSc degree earlier this year, and the youngest is getting comparable top grades in her general coursework in their 1st uni year. So, it's looking good. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- @Nick Moyes: I'm off school for the summer (our semesters end towards the end of April), so I'm willing to look into this and potenitally participate. Is there anything in particular I should know that's changed in the past few months? Clovermoss (talk) 17:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Clovermoss Gosh - that's an early end. I think my daughters is towards end of June. All the recent changes have been to the Dashboard functionality, making it easier to display only the accounts you're interested in (like only those who have edited in the last 7 days, for example). You can mark yourself as being 'away' which seems like a good idea, and also choose whether you want to be allocated mentees at the standard rate, or above or below that rate. I've set mine to 'average' and, to be honest, have only had like three questions in total since March. All related to promotional content, and were easily dealt with. This is lucky, as I'm finding I'm increasingly pulled away into other real-life issues these last few months. I don't feel obliged to proactively follow up or welcome those assigned to me, though I know some other editors have been making a point of adding welcome messages. I'm sure you'll find this doesn't add anything to demands on your time. Good luck with it. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:21, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Nick Moyes: It's actually considered standard here, not just my academic program/institution being unusual. It's a Canada thing. :) I've heard that even our American neighbours don't have that four month break. Sometimes people take classes during the spring, but they're the exception rather than the rule. Thanks for letting me know what to expect in regards to this, though. That sounds manageable, especially now that I don't have to worry about academic deadlines. Clovermoss (talk) 19:00, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Nick Moyes: So far two people have shown up on the dashboard. I've welcomed both, but so far I haven't heard back. It's only been about a day so it's possible I might still, but I also remember I don't typically hear back from welcome messages in general and I wonder if this will be any different? Do you typically reach out to the people who pop up on the dashboard or just wait to see if they ask you anything? I don't want be overwhelming with my enthiuasm. Clovermoss (talk) 23:14, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Clovermoss To be honest: I don't. I do sometimes take an overview of who these new users are, and either welcome a productive editor, or take action against a disruptive one. I don't see mentorship as eating up much of my time unless I am directly asked a question. I have welcomed a few active new editors, but don't feel it's an obligation on me to do so. Nick Moyes (talk) 01:09, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Clovermoss Gosh - that's an early end. I think my daughters is towards end of June. All the recent changes have been to the Dashboard functionality, making it easier to display only the accounts you're interested in (like only those who have edited in the last 7 days, for example). You can mark yourself as being 'away' which seems like a good idea, and also choose whether you want to be allocated mentees at the standard rate, or above or below that rate. I've set mine to 'average' and, to be honest, have only had like three questions in total since March. All related to promotional content, and were easily dealt with. This is lucky, as I'm finding I'm increasingly pulled away into other real-life issues these last few months. I don't feel obliged to proactively follow up or welcome those assigned to me, though I know some other editors have been making a point of adding welcome messages. I'm sure you'll find this doesn't add anything to demands on your time. Good luck with it. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:21, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Nick Moyes: I'm off school for the summer (our semesters end towards the end of April), so I'm willing to look into this and potenitally participate. Is there anything in particular I should know that's changed in the past few months? Clovermoss (talk) 17:23, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
- You're talking to someone to whom that makes no sense either way! But working hard is often the best way. My eldest got her 1st class honours BSc degree earlier this year, and the youngest is getting comparable top grades in her general coursework in their 1st uni year. So, it's looking good. Nick Moyes (talk) 15:52, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
March editathons
Women in Red Mar 2022, Vol 8, Issue 3, Nos 214, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225
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The Signpost: 27 February 2022
- From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief
- News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia
- In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons
- Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results
- WikiProject report: 10 years of tea
- Featured content: Featured Content returns
- Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February
- Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks
- Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate
- Gallery: The vintage exhibit
- Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix
- News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team
- Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles
- Humour: Notability of mailboxes
April Editathons from Women in Red
Women in Red Apr 2022, Vol 8, Issue 4, Nos 214, 217, 226, 227, 228
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The Signpost: 27 March 2022
- From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- News and notes: Of safety and anonymity
- Eyewitness Wikimedian – Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera
- Eyewitness Wikimedian – Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary
- Eyewitness Wikimedian – Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps
- Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks
- In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff
- Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond
- Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now
- Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon
- Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors
- Traffic report: War, what is it good for?
- Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine
- From the archives: Burn, baby burn
- Essay: Yes, the sky is blue
- Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja
- On the bright side: The bright side of news
TheWikiWizard - April 2022
Hi, Clovermoss! Here is the April 2022 issue for the TheWikiWizard!
Humour
- April 1 isn't April fools day if you say it isn't...
- April Showers should bring May Money flowers! I'd be rich!
- It's Spring again, Spring out of bed!
Wiki(p/m)edia News
- The final voter results in regards of the Universal Code of Conduct were released
- On the English Wikipedia we have had several successful RFAs! Some include, Colin M's RFA, and Sdrqaz's RFA!
- Check out this event! It's about a conversation that you can join!
Editor's Notes
- Sorry for missing the last issue!
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- We wish all those in Ukraine and those affected by the war safety and peace :-)
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RfA
Hi Clever. I have found, including with my own RfA, that concerns about RfA are often bigger for the candidate than the community as a whole. If you would ever like to discuss those concerns know my talk page and email box are open to you. I'll end with about the only thing I know about RfA with a huge degree of certainty: "The single best indicator that you're ready to run is respected editors, especially sysops, telling you that you're ready to run" so if there are others who echo Ymblanter I hope you'd reconsider your NOTQUITEYET stance. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:42, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
- I appreciate you reaching out, really I do, but I still have my concerns about being a NOTQUITEYET. I've only contributed in a handful of AfDs, made a few dozen reports to WP:ANV and WP:UAA, etc. I don't think of myself as active enough in any of those areas to be making the kinds of calls that admins make. I'll email you to elaborate a bit more about my other concerns; even I wouldn't say they're dealbreakers by themselves, just something more time and experience would help fix. As I said, I don't think it's a never but I really don't think it's something I would want to be doing soon. In regards to the sysops telling me to run part, I've never heard anything like that apart from the comment Ymblanter had made at WT:RFA, which was part of the reason I was so suprised to hear it.
- By the way, I'll take the mistake of "Clever" as a compliment, but my username is Clovermoss. Clover is fine as a nickname, if you want one. You're not the first person to accidently write that, which is why I created my alternative account User:Clevermoss (which is declared on my userpage) for the pings. Clovermoss (talk) 16:01, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 24 April 2022
- News and notes: Double trouble
- In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia
- Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war
- Eyewitness Wikimedian – Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)
- Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer
- Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March
- Interview: On a war and a map
- Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers
- Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion
- News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?
- Humour: Really huge message boxes
- From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization
May Women in Red events
Women in Red May 2022, Vol 8, Issue 5, Nos 214, 217, 227, 229, 230
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Very happy cat!
Very cool for helping me with the welcome message!
LutzIsAce (talk) 05:40, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- @LutzIsAce: Hi Lutz! It's nice to hear back from you and find out that the welcome message was helpful. How are things going? If anything's confusing I'll try my best to help. Clovermoss (talk) 12:12, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Its going very well, the Wikimedia discord is also very helpful! LutzIsAce (talk) 14:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- @LutzIsAce: That's good to hear as well. I briefly tried to use Discord once or twice but it wasn't really my thing. I'm glad it's useful for you, it's likely one of the best ways to guarentee an immediate response of some kind. Clovermoss (talk) 02:53, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Its going very well, the Wikimedia discord is also very helpful! LutzIsAce (talk) 14:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
TheWikiWizard - May 2022
Hey, Clovermoss! Here is the May 2022 issue for the TheWikiWizard!
Humor
- What do May Showers bring?
- May the 4th be with you doesn't work anymore, but I can say it again in less than a year!
- If you love Wikipedia, and are editing it, is it a conflict of interest?
Wiki(P/M)edia News
- A discussion took place in regards to the desktop design for certain Wikis. You can find more information here.
- Tamzin, has had a successful RFA! Congrats!
- Check out this Conversation that will be hosted by the team "Community Resilience and Sustainability"! You can find out more details about the meeting by clicking on the link.
Editor's Notes
- We have a IRC Channel! Come by and say Hi! You can find us on Libra.Chat under the channel name #TheWikiWizard connect
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