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WikiCup 2022 May newsletter
The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.
Our top scorers in round 2 were:
Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.
The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
Forward College page
Hello Kusma,
My name is Julia and I wrote a page about Forward College, a new university that opened last year. However, you reported the page alleging vandalism, could you explain why? I believe it was a mistake, since the content only informed about the university.
Please let me know if there is anything I should do to have this page live again.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juliafariasf (talk • contribs) 14:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Julia, the page was actually deleted twice recently. I performed the second deletion, which was of a page created by a vandal trying to harass other Wikipedia editors. The first deletion, by my fellow administrator Cabayi who also blocked your other account (see User talk:Forward College), was because the page was written as an advertisement, something that is not accepted on Wikipedia. From the deleted article and a quick search, there seem to be no independent sources about this company, so it may be too early for it to be included here. —Kusma (talk) 14:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your reply Kusma. Could you please clarify about the advertisement? Because I tried to follow Wikipedia guidelines, the tone of voice, not promoting the brand, having a more informational approach, etc. Do you recommend I ask for another person to write it? Regarding the independent sources, you mean more newspaper articles, or rankings, for example? Thanks a lot for your help! Juliafariasf (talk) 15:23, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Whoever writes will need to follow the WP:COI guideline and disclose whether they are paid to edit. Independent sources could be any of those explained at WP:RS, including newspaper articles. As to tone of voice and promotion: Something like "employs a unique pedagogical model based on small group teaching" is just marketing speak, as is "mission is to empower students’ full range of intelligence". (The prospectus of just about any university will say something of this type, while Wikipedia articles about universities usually don't say anything about a "mission"). —Kusma (talk) 15:36, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your reply Kusma. Could you please clarify about the advertisement? Because I tried to follow Wikipedia guidelines, the tone of voice, not promoting the brand, having a more informational approach, etc. Do you recommend I ask for another person to write it? Regarding the independent sources, you mean more newspaper articles, or rankings, for example? Thanks a lot for your help! Juliafariasf (talk) 15:23, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
- Forgot to ping: @Juliafariasf. —Kusma (talk) 15:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Kusma, thank you for your help! I have been reading a lot about Wikipedia guidelines and I will try to post a new draft following all requirements. Juliafariasf (talk) 15:30, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Entry: Slushy Vlogs
Hiya, I am quite new to writing new articles, please could you explain why you deleted the page, since i think this maybe a mistake. Many thanks Davey — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davey Ashe (talk • contribs) 15:38, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- The article did not contain any claims of significance. In fact, the article explicitly stated the topic was not very significant ("a small youtuber"). It thus clearly met our deletion criteria, WP:A7. Typically, we only have article about people that have been written about in reliable sources. —Kusma (talk) 15:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Forgot to ping: @Davey Ashe. —Kusma (talk) 15:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
- Fair enough. Davey Davey Ashe (talk) 17:17, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
A barnstar for you!
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The Working Man's Barnstar |
For reviewing at least 7 points worth of articles during the January 2022 GAN Backlog Drive, I hereby present you with this barnstar in my capacity as coordinator. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 03:54, 15 May 2022 (UTC) |
DYK for Resolution (Wilson novel)
![]() | On 19 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Resolution (Wilson novel), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that A. N. Wilson justified fictionalising the life of George Forster for his novel Resolution by saying that Forster "inhabit[ed] a borderline between fact and fiction"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Resolution (Wilson novel). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Resolution (Wilson novel)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Luise Duttenhofer
![]() | On 23 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Luise Duttenhofer, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Luise Duttenhofer died in 1829 after more than a thousand papercuts? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Luise Duttenhofer. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Luise Duttenhofer), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 14,122 views (1,176.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2022 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:21, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- like i said at the nompage (when my pings were still broken): ezlev always has a good quirky up their sleeve :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 05:25, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Very nice :) Thanks @Theleekycauldron and @Ezlev! —Kusma (talk) 06:54, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
A bowl of strawberries for you!
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Great article on Resolution, the A.N. Wilson novel. scope_creepTalk 15:41, 23 May 2022 (UTC) |
- Glad you like it! It is part of my ever expanding Cook/Forster topic (currently working on Forster senior). And mmm, strawberries (the ones in my garden are almost ready, but the birds and slugs like them too)
—Kusma (talk) 15:48, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
Hi, in this edit you introduced an sfn reference to "Netzley 1999". Unfortunately you did not define the reference, meaning nobody can look it up and adding the article to Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. If you could fix it that would be great. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 00:30, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
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Books & Bytes – Issue 50
Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022
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- 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC) (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Resolution (Wilson novel)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Resolution (Wilson novel) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 17:01, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Your GA nomination of Resolution (Wilson novel)
The article Resolution (Wilson novel) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Resolution (Wilson novel) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 18:22, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar
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For going above and beyond on Talk:The Sacrifice (Oates novel)/GA2 – researching new sources and offering numerous suggestions for improvement to the article. Ruбlov (talk • contribs) 11:42, 6 June 2022 (UTC) |
Your GA nomination of Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 17:41, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
The article Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 08:02, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Mathias Metternich
![]() | On 7 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mathias Metternich, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that mathematician Mathias Metternich was one of the founders of the Jacobin club of the Republic of Mainz? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mathias Metternich. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mathias Metternich), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lisa Kahn (poet)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Lisa Kahn (poet) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Edwininlondon -- Edwininlondon (talk) 16:01, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
DYK for AFN Frankfurt
![]() | On 9 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article AFN Frankfurt, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that unmarried staff of the radio station AFN Frankfurt lived in a medieval tower (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/AFN Frankfurt. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, AFN Frankfurt), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
— Maile (talk) 12:02, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
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Your hook reached 7,651 views (637.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of June 2022 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 03:44, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World
The article Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Observations Made During a Voyage Round the World for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Amitchell125 -- Amitchell125 (talk) 07:42, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Lisa Kahn (poet)
The article Lisa Kahn (poet) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lisa Kahn (poet) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Edwininlondon -- Edwininlondon (talk) 21:22, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
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- Thank you bot! I have deleted the image, as it has been superseded by a higher quality free copy. —Kusma (talk) 13:24, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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Comics
Nice job finding info on Chninkel English version. Would you concur with my finding that The Witcher (Prószyński i S-ka) has no English version? Also, you may be interested in my work on now-GANs The Gods from Outer Space (partial English TL?) and Hans (comic book) (no English TL?), and non-GAN (yet) Funky Koval (also no English TL...). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:14, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: Hmmm, not totally sure, and no way to prove a negative, but I'll try to take a look. I know very little about Polish comics (looking through this, I think Rosinski is the only one I ever heard of). I'm more into the Franco-Belgians. One of my few recent-ish comics acquisitions with Polish connection is this one, but I enjoyed the original text more back when I first read it (in German translation, admittedly; I know essentially no Polish). —Kusma (talk) 18:50, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- Huh, didn't know about that one, I'll check it out. I am mostly interested in some vintage works from the time I grew up... sad how so little of European stuff is in English. PS. I'd think there'd be some good German coverage for Yans (Hans...) and Die Götter aus dem All... Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 18:53, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: I'll try to check some of this out. Just found this while searching for Chninkel (not helpful there) which may be useful for writing about Polish comics. If you have Taylor & Francis on TWL, you can access it (or via your university perhaps); if not, I can give you the PDF. —Kusma (talk) 21:55, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- Interesting article, I'll read it. I should be able to access it, tnx! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:52, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Piotrus: I'll try to check some of this out. Just found this while searching for Chninkel (not helpful there) which may be useful for writing about Polish comics. If you have Taylor & Francis on TWL, you can access it (or via your university perhaps); if not, I can give you the PDF. —Kusma (talk) 21:55, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
- Huh, didn't know about that one, I'll check it out. I am mostly interested in some vintage works from the time I grew up... sad how so little of European stuff is in English. PS. I'd think there'd be some good German coverage for Yans (Hans...) and Die Götter aus dem All... Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 18:53, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
RfA Nomination?
Hello Kusma,
I've been pondering the idea of submitting an RfA nomination for myself and as I was reading through the RfA pages, I came across you on WP:RRN and wondered if you'd be willing to consider me.
A little about myself - I've been an editor since 2008 and I've made 10k total edits since then, of which 82% are live. I have created 1345 pages total, of which 65 have since been deleted or merged.
I've been mainly focusing on anti-vandalism and new-page patrolling on Wikipedia using a mixture of tools to help me do so including Twinkle. I have received some recognition in the form of barnstars for my efforts over the years, but these are not the driving force for me. In terms of CSD nominations, I've made at least 611, with most of them being accepted (see my CSD log), with a similar but fewer (about 135) nominations for PROD (log) and therefore I feel I have decent experience in this area.
My aims for adminship would be to help clear the CSD and AIV backlogs as part of this work, more than likely also contributing in UAA and possibly SPI, but this is not an area I've been very much a part of.
Of course, I'm not perfect - no editor is, and I do unfortunately have a historic 24-hour block on my account from 2008 when I was a very new and very young editor. I would stress that I have very much matured in those 14 years and have become a much more logical thinker (it comes with being a software developer by trade, of course!). I have also previously nominated myself for adminship three times, all of which failed, however my last nomination being 12 years ago.
I'd love to have your backing with a nomination, and I'm always willing to improve, learn and discuss. Looking forward to hearing back from you! Osarius 08:55, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Osarius, thank you for considering me! An RfA nomination is certainly an interesting challenge. I'll have to do more research on you later, but the five minute summary is: no need to worry about the 2008 block (and the RfAs are also ancient history now), but you have only a thousand edits in the last 5 years, with over half of them this month. It is likely that people will want to see a longer period of high activity before considering you as an admin. More later, will go back to real life for a while now :) —Kusma (talk) 09:11, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you @Kusma. I do realise that my edit history has been quite sparse over the last few years. This was mainly down to not having the facilities to edit as I was room-sharing and house-hopping a lot, then comes the joys of house-ownership, starting a family and a global pandemic whilst juggling a full-time job. I've recently found more time to be able to edit, and it seems I've not lost the Wiki-bug and got right back into the thick of it. Wikipedia has been a huge part of my life for 14 years, and I always regretted the time I was unable to be as active as I'd have liked. Ditto on the real-life aspect, speak soon! Osarius 09:18, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Osarius: So, I have had a closer look. At this point in time, I don't think you have demonstrated all of the skills necessary for adminship. Let's look at a few areas:
- Content work: I see a few stubs created and little that would show awareness of current sourcing standards. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beatriz Romilly is the deletion of one of your most recent articles; I would like to see much better source work and ideally some content creation (it isn't mandatory but without content creation (a GA is enough for most people) there will be a quite some opposition at RfA, and there would have to be really compelling other factors).
- Deletion work: Most of your recent noms seem to work out, but it would help to provide your own reasoning in cases like Ace Aura where you didn't provide much input and then nobody else did either. The speedy nomination at Nick Jonas videography wasn't great but not a terrible mistake. Nominating a page move (Deola village) as "implausible typo" isn't a great move. James Creedon (Journalist) had a clear claim of significance, bad A7. Overall, more contribution at AFD and clearer use of policies and guidelines would be better. Was Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basilico's while the page was on the Main Page? Most people don't know, but the correct way to deal with deletable stuff on the MP is to first use WP:ERRORS to alert people to the problem and get the link removed from the MP, then start the AFD. AFDs for pages currently linked from the MP can be speedily closed. (The deletion was correct and the page should not have passed the DYK process).
- Your anti-vandalism and gnoming work is decent, but not spectacular. In 2007 this might have been enough to pass RFA but no longer. Have a look at a few recent RFAs to see what kind of candidates get through there.
- Community participation: I don't really see you interact much with other Wikipedians, so it is hard to judge your abilities here.
- I suggest to wait with attempts at RfA for at least a year, and to spend that time doing both what you enjoy and finding ways to demonstrate at least your content and discussion skills. Learning to find and use reliable sources is not easy at first (but Google Books, Google Scholar, JSTOR, WP:TWL and archive.org all help) but writing Did you Know articles or Good articles is very satisfying and helps you get in touch with other editors reviewing your work who can and will help you develop your skills.
- Sorry I can't give a more positive review at the moment. Your motivation and good faith are clear, but you won't pass the high bar that the community currently sets for adminship. —Kusma (talk) 21:21, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Osarius: So, I have had a closer look. At this point in time, I don't think you have demonstrated all of the skills necessary for adminship. Let's look at a few areas:
- Thank you @Kusma. I do realise that my edit history has been quite sparse over the last few years. This was mainly down to not having the facilities to edit as I was room-sharing and house-hopping a lot, then comes the joys of house-ownership, starting a family and a global pandemic whilst juggling a full-time job. I've recently found more time to be able to edit, and it seems I've not lost the Wiki-bug and got right back into the thick of it. Wikipedia has been a huge part of my life for 14 years, and I always regretted the time I was unable to be as active as I'd have liked. Ditto on the real-life aspect, speak soon! Osarius 09:18, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi @Kusma, that was the response I was expecting to be completely honest with you. Thanks for taking the time to review, and I’ll be sure to put your advice into action! Osarius 11:44, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
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Draftifying or Redirecting
On special:shortpages, I found this: Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and it's an unsourced too short article. But I can't find anything to redirect it to. So do I draftify it or do I add a proposed deletion nomination? N1TH Music (talk) 11:58, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- @N1TH Music: This is literally the same as last time: look at the history and revert. —Kusma (talk) 12:02, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Ah I see, I didn't think this page was redirected, but generally what do I do if there's nothing to redirect to? N1TH Music (talk) 12:09, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- If you don't know what to do and the problem isn't urgent, a good strategy is to do nothing and wait for someone who knows to come along. For Special:Shortpages, the first thing you should do with any page is check its history to see whether the page used to be OK in the past. If there is no good version to revert to, then PROD or speedy deletion (if it meets one of a few strict criteria) are usually the best choices (in a super short page, there is not much to preserve by draftifying). —Kusma (talk) 12:23, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Alright, point noted thanks for the information, in future that's how I'll work. So what are the conditions which I would draftify a page? N1TH Music (talk) 12:31, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Draftifying is best done in the context of Wikipedia:New pages patrol (see there for the complicated instructions); it is only very rarely the best course of action for a page that is not new. —Kusma (talk) 12:36, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Kusma I was doing what you said and something went wrong I think here: Salix aeruginosa. An unsourced article with no history and my PROD has something wrong that I don't know how to fix. Do you know what to do? N1TH Music (talk) 16:33, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- You did not follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Proposed deletion, which clearly say that you have to use
{{subst:Proposed deletion|concern=reason for proposed deletion}}
. Instead, you used{{Proposed deletion|concern=reason for proposed deletion}}
. The error message links to Wikipedia:Substitution, which explains this in the second paragraph, and mentions {{proposed deletion}} lower in the text. —Kusma (talk) 16:39, 27 June 2022 (UTC)- I saw Wikpedia:Substitution but it was confusing and I thought I'd done this before. Also how come somebody just moved the article to draft space I thought you're not supposed to with extremely short articles.N1TH Music (talk) 16:45, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- I personally think it is pointless (but then, I do not particularly like draft space) but there are no rules against it, and different new page patrollers may come to different conclusions how to best deal with one specific article. If you want to know why the page was moved to draft space, perhaps you should ask the person who moved it to draft space. —Kusma (talk) 16:56, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- I saw Wikpedia:Substitution but it was confusing and I thought I'd done this before. Also how come somebody just moved the article to draft space I thought you're not supposed to with extremely short articles.N1TH Music (talk) 16:45, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- You did not follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Proposed deletion, which clearly say that you have to use
- @Kusma I was doing what you said and something went wrong I think here: Salix aeruginosa. An unsourced article with no history and my PROD has something wrong that I don't know how to fix. Do you know what to do? N1TH Music (talk) 16:33, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Draftifying is best done in the context of Wikipedia:New pages patrol (see there for the complicated instructions); it is only very rarely the best course of action for a page that is not new. —Kusma (talk) 12:36, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Alright, point noted thanks for the information, in future that's how I'll work. So what are the conditions which I would draftify a page? N1TH Music (talk) 12:31, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- If you don't know what to do and the problem isn't urgent, a good strategy is to do nothing and wait for someone who knows to come along. For Special:Shortpages, the first thing you should do with any page is check its history to see whether the page used to be OK in the past. If there is no good version to revert to, then PROD or speedy deletion (if it meets one of a few strict criteria) are usually the best choices (in a super short page, there is not much to preserve by draftifying). —Kusma (talk) 12:23, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
- Ah I see, I didn't think this page was redirected, but generally what do I do if there's nothing to redirect to? N1TH Music (talk) 12:09, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Characteres generum plantarum
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Characteres generum plantarum you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dracophyllum -- Dracophyllum (talk) 08:27, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
WikiCup 2022 July newsletter
The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.
Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.
If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Characteres generum plantarum
The article Characteres generum plantarum you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Characteres generum plantarum for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Dracophyllum -- Dracophyllum (talk) 20:03, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
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Thank you for a steady glow of GAs! - I heard a great concert by Voces8, pictured. - I have a FAC open, in case of interest. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:54, 16 July 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for comments there. - I was away, more July songs from Swiss Alps and a funeral. I will get there eventually. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:02, 29 July 2022 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Peter Schöffer the Younger
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Peter Schöffer the Younger you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Extraordinary Writ -- Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:41, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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user_global_editcount
is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)
- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
- The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
Your GA nomination of Peter Schöffer the Younger
The article Peter Schöffer the Younger you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Peter Schöffer the Younger for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Extraordinary Writ -- Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:42, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
Sally Ride
I have the article on Sally Ride up for review at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sally Ride/archive1. Ride was the third woman to fly in space. This article is the second in a series I have written on women astronauts. As usual, I am in need of reviewers. If you could take a look, it would be greatly appreciated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:37, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Hawkeye7, I was already planning to review this :) But it could be a few days. —Kusma (talk) 19:49, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 August 2022
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Books & Bytes – Issue 51
Books & Bytes
Issue 51, May – June 2022
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