A barnstar for you!
The Original Barnstar | |
Thank you for your contribution at State Public Libraries (Spain). Keep up the good work. Cheers! - Hatchens (talk) 00:28, 15 January 2022 (UTC) |
- Thanks, Hatchens! I'm glad to have been able to help with it a little bit, although it was MJSB73MP who did most of the work to get it restored to mainspace! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 04:15, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you very much for telling me how I had to improve the article-list. Cheers! --MJSB73MP (talk) 13:55, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Teamwork Barnstar | |
For making {{uw-ewsoft}} (permanent link) the perfect information template, in teamwork with Generalrelative. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:57, 21 January 2022 (UTC) |
- Thanks, ToBeFree! It was a pleasure to work with Generalrelative, and I hope the result helps steer editors along a non-warry path. In general, I hope we devote more effort to improving user warnings—if they're designed well, they don't have to come across as impersonal the way many of them still do. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 17:40, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Thanks for getting the ball rolling again on the main page portals. It's looking like a very high likelihood of passing :D
A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 10:46, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
One year! |
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:13, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you today for Pomona College, "about a liberal arts college in California", for education, not battle! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:44, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Socratic Barnstar | ||
For a well cultivated, detailed, and helpful response to a comment at RfA. ––FormalDude talk 22:01, 21 March 2022 (UTC) |
- Thanks, FormalDude! I try to help where I can. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:31, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
Photo Request for Bay Area Figurative Movement
Yes, all the examples for Bay Area Figurative Movement were stripped out for WP:NFCC back in 2019. It's a real shame. --Knulclunk (talk) 20:13, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Knulclunk, indeed. I came across the issue when trying to put together a gallery for the new Culture of California#Visual arts section I just added. There are unfortunately no examples of funk art, either, unless you count this (that's a FfD link) or this (and I can't bring myself to use as the representative artwork for a state with 39 million people a piece that failed to clear the legal threshold of originality lol). I'm not a copyright specialist, but I feel like there's probably a fair use rationale for adding at least something for the Bay Area Figurative Movement—funk art does so for its lead, and an article on an art movement cannot be complete without an image. Best, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:46, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Sunshine Protection Act
Hello Sdkb,
I wanted to ask you about changes made to the Sunshine Protection Act article. Recently, you reverted my edits to this article, but I did not understand why.
The reason you gave is "Reverting removal of well-sourced claims and addition of redundant see also section." I can see that the 'See also' section may be considered redundant - that much I understand. However, the mention of "well-sourced claims" isn't correct. Two specific of the sources, as I mentioned in my edits, put forth false information relating to the 'unanimous consent' procedure. Many of the sources did not have a neutral point of view. Some of the claims cited comments from lawmakers despite those claims pertaining to researchers. At the very least, it is untrue that these are reliable sources.
I had explained my rationale for removing some of these dubious claims in the Talk page. The discussion as to whether to adopt standard time or daylight saving time is far from settled, and the article on the Sunshine Protection Act ought to reflect this. In its current state - the state which you have reverted - the article contains some mention of suggested benefits of daylight savings time. This is inadequate considering it presents a slanted viewpoint to readers.
The article Permanent time observation in the United States has a rather more thorough investigation of the same matter. So, it would be sensible either to modify the Sunshine Protection Act article to contain a broader discussion of daylight time versus standard time or to excise the relevant parts of the Sunshine Protection Act article. I had done the latter since it seemed, to my judgment, most sensible.
In light of what I have described, then, I do not see why you would revert the entirety of the edits to the Sunshine Protection Act. Perhaps you have another reason?
A248 (talk) 16:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hi A248; thanks for reaching out! I missed that you were also the one who posted to the talk page a few days ago; I'll take another look at things when I next have a moment, and I'll reply to you on the talk page. Source-text integrity and neutrality are both important qualities we should be monitoring as the article develops. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:45, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Desktop Improvements
Hello, thanks for giving your feedback (such a detailed comment!) already. I was hoping you would see my announcement on the Village Pump. What do you think, where could I write to make it even more visible? I'm asking about the English Wikipedia pages, specifically. SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:20, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @SGrabarczuk (WMF)! Hmm, I think the village pumps where you've already posted are the main places I'd expect to see an announcement like that. A post to WT:Usability wouldn't hurt, but I don't think many others actively follow that page. The next step up would be a watchlist banner like you did for previous prototypes; that'd only be necessary if you wanted to get dramatically more feedback. Best, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 03:44, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
A barnstar for you
The Original Barnstar | ||
For sticking up for readers. Over time, I've noticed your advocacy for changes and policies that make Wikipedia better for everyday readers, not just for us editors. I think the reader's experience is too often overlooked, so I wanted to give you this! Ganesha811 (talk) 02:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC) |
- Thanks so much, Ganesha811! I think it's crucial work and I'm glad to do what I can Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:28, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
Signpost editorial affirmation
In a poll in The Signpost newsroom you said "I do not think it's appropriate for us, as the house publication of Wikipedia, to take sides in any dispute not directly related to the encyclopedia's purpose". I agree with your statement, but fail to recognize how you are judging the Ukraine War to be unrelated to Wikipedia's purpose.
There is blocking of Wikipedia in Russia, the killing of Ihor Kostenko while photographing for Wikipedia, and the Detention of Mark Bernstein. I agree that The Signpost is generally not a place for taking sides in disputes, but this particular war seems to include opposition to Wikipedia.
What is the nature of your opposition? If you posted thoughts elsewhere, I did not seem them in your edit history. Thanks. Also, thanks for commenting at all, because whatever you are thinking and feeling I expect that other people also have the same view. I want to understand. Bluerasberry (talk) 03:15, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Bluerasberry; thanks for reaching out! I agree that there are aspects of the war that are related to our purpose, and I think it's fine for us as a community to speak up about those—indeed, I considered opening up a community statement on Bernstein (although the political/legal sensitivity of that situation ultimately made it more prudent not to). The Signpost editorial, however, went beyond just open knowledge issues and instead ran the headline
We stand in solidarity with Ukraine
. That sort of blanket statement is what I objected to. I hope that helps clarify my stance. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:46, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
Template:User's RfA
Are you planning to continue work on {{User's RfA}}? There is a group of us trying to tidy up untranscluded template pages, and this one popped up on a recent report. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:34, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Jonesey95! It's a functional template with a plausible usage, so I wouldn't see any reason to delete it. The main limitation is that it relies on {{If in category}}, which is very expensive as it requires a string search. Hopefully at some point it'll become easier to search a page's categories, as there are myriad possible applications. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:52, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
Question
Pinging SPECIFICO. I am currently dealing with a pattern with an editor that suggests a possible problem. Looking back at some of your comments, I noticed this one that stood out to me [1]. Can you tell me more about how this comment came about, or if there is some history to it? No allegations please, just facts and or diffs. Thanks for your time. DN (talk) 18:24, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @DN; thanks for checking in! Republican Party (United States) and similar pages, e.g. Donald Trump, unfortunately have a quite strained editing environment. While I try to assume good faith as much as possible, when you spend time monitoring those pages, it becomes pretty plain that some editors (on multiple sides) are there to POV push by reverting any information they don't want present and forcing others to go through an entire RfC for each fact. I don't have time at the moment to collect a bunch of diffs, but if you search through the talk page archives, you'll find plenty of examples. A few admins have given out warnings to some of the most blatant offenders, e.g. [2].
- For this particular issue, the initial argument presented, that the Republican National Committee somehow wasn't qualified to speak for the Republican Party, was so absurd on its face that I found it difficult to parse as anything other than an attempt at status quo stonewalling. Editors later pivoted to a more plausible-sounding WP:UNDUE argument, but by that point the mask was off.
- Overall, I'm increasingly coming to the view that it's not the best use of my time as an experienced editor to engage much with pages like that, since progress is just so slow when you have to fight over every change. When folks are that tense, even something as banal as adding alt text becomes likely to rustle feathers (for the record, I didn't mind the question linked there at all; I'm choosing it as a deliberately minor example). There will always be editors on each side, and the best we can hope for is that they'll balance each other out and that perhaps in the future, after the dust has settled, others will come along to neutralize biases and make improvements. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:15, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- I can appreciate your take, however I am not much one for the laissez-faire approach when it comes to observing behavior that perceivably wastes other editors valuable time. It can eventually lead to the interruption in the improvement of an article all together, and then continuing on the next article, and the next, and so on. I'm confused as to why some editors also feel this way when there are clear-ish policies and guidelines in place to keep things moving? Yes consensus is important, but letting editors twist the rules into a backwards version of itself is abhorrent. I would argue that hoping someone else will come along and somehow balance things out (eventually) can be folly, but I also want to listen and learn from more knowledgeable and more experienced editors, such as yourself, even if I disagree with them. What if we are actually that editor that is supposed to shine the light on the inconsistency, inequity and convolution? How do we know? Thank you for taking the time with me today, it is very appreciated. Cheers. DN (talk) 22:40, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- @DN, it's definitely about finding a balance. It can be worthwhile to !vote on some discussions or engage with a problematic editor if it helps limit their future disruption. But the effort-to-reward ratio is lower. When I think back on all the editing I've done, I've had a much greater impact writing in neglected topic areas than I have in marginally shifting the consensus at a few politics articles. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 04:01, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
- I can appreciate your take, however I am not much one for the laissez-faire approach when it comes to observing behavior that perceivably wastes other editors valuable time. It can eventually lead to the interruption in the improvement of an article all together, and then continuing on the next article, and the next, and so on. I'm confused as to why some editors also feel this way when there are clear-ish policies and guidelines in place to keep things moving? Yes consensus is important, but letting editors twist the rules into a backwards version of itself is abhorrent. I would argue that hoping someone else will come along and somehow balance things out (eventually) can be folly, but I also want to listen and learn from more knowledgeable and more experienced editors, such as yourself, even if I disagree with them. What if we are actually that editor that is supposed to shine the light on the inconsistency, inequity and convolution? How do we know? Thank you for taking the time with me today, it is very appreciated. Cheers. DN (talk) 22:40, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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April 1
The new citation template is one of the best 1/4 efforts I've seen. Thanks for brightening up my day. Nthep (talk) 09:56, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, @Nthep! I've been informed by some extremely authoritative squiggles in a local outhouse that the launch of {{Cite bathroom graffiti}} has been a success {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:22, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
- For my talk page stalkers, my other April Fools pranks this year (and previous years) are catalogued at User:Sdkb/April Fools. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 23:44, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Question from McLoad 2 (11:33, 2 April 2022)
How independent are you ? Who pay's you and for how much, to prevent the truth ? --McLoad 2 (talk) 11:33, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
- McLoad, no one is paying us. Your edits at Talk:Michael Yeadon were reverted because they were vandalism. If you have a problem with that article's content, please make actionable suggestions for changes to the text supported by sources Wikipedia considers reliable. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 17:37, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Major topic editnotice
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MfD nomination of Template:User time zone editnotice
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Your draft article, Draft:Micro-Face
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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 05:51, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
Deleting my question
Hi, why you did delete my question I just asked a question and needed an answer.Simsala111 (talk) 18:17, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) WP:VPP where you posted to, is not a place to ask questions. It is for developing and altering policy. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 18:44, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page watcher) Courtesy ping: Simsala111. Mathglot (talk) 19:06, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Lee Vilenski: @Vchimpanzee:I don't what courtesy ping means here and why someone replies to another person in a third person's talk page. then where is its the place for this question?! I brought it there as @Vchimpanzee: told me on my own talk page if it is not right place then transfer it to the right place not by deleting the whole thing.I just want my question to be answered. of course not by the same person.Simsala111 (talk) 20:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- Simsala111 I can explain the courtesy ping. That was to let you know there was a response to your question. I see the practice of answering questions on another person's talk page all the time. If they can help, some people who watch other people's talk pages do so.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:12, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Lee Vilenski: @Vchimpanzee:I don't what courtesy ping means here and why someone replies to another person in a third person's talk page. then where is its the place for this question?! I brought it there as @Vchimpanzee: told me on my own talk page if it is not right place then transfer it to the right place not by deleting the whole thing.I just want my question to be answered. of course not by the same person.Simsala111 (talk) 20:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Vchimpanzee: But he also deleted my question from there and didn't redirected or gave me any help for doing it so.plus he is the same person that has different opinion from mine in this discussion so he could not be the best person to do that so.I need a neutral person.Simsala111 (talk) 20:19, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- I know. That's not right. They didn't delete my question but eventually hid it. I've been told several times I was asking the question in the wrong place. And I don't know what the place is. It seems strange to me that someone with a policy question can't ask it in WP:Village pump (policy).
- @Vchimpanzee: But he also deleted my question from there and didn't redirected or gave me any help for doing it so.plus he is the same person that has different opinion from mine in this discussion so he could not be the best person to do that so.I need a neutral person.Simsala111 (talk) 20:19, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- The only thing I can suggest is going back to the Help Desk and maybe someone will answer this time or say where to ask. — Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:24, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Simsala111! I see you've been redirected a few times, so apologies for that—I know that Wikipedia's bureaucracy can be really difficult to navigate, even for those of us who have been around here for a while. Ultimately, the best place to figure out how to approach a question about an article is in a single thread at that article, in this case Talk:2022 FIFA World Cup#Usage of dialects in parenthesis for name of the game for host language. Trying to bring it up anywhere else using anything except {{Please see}} tends to get messy, as unfortunately happened here, as it risks splitting the discussion.
- I haven't read the full thread at that article, but from a glance, it looks like the discussion so far isn't going the way you hoped. I certainly empathize with how frustrating that can be—it happens to all of us—but Wikipedia works on consensus, so after you've put forward your best argument, there's really nothing to do except sit back and see if it resonates with others, and if it doesn't, it's generally best to just drop the issue and move on to something else. Discussions do sometimes turn around, but there's less likelihood of that the more sprawly they get, so it's best not to respond to every comment.
- More generally, if any questions come up in the future, I'd definitely recommend posting at the Teahouse, which is a dedicated friendly space where editors can give advice and help out. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 20:27, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you. I left one very important detail out of my advice. Somehow there needs to be a way to ask before posting in the wrong place whether it is the right place.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:47, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
- The only thing I can suggest is going back to the Help Desk and maybe someone will answer this time or say where to ask. — Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:24, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
MMS
Hi, would you please move Wikipedia talk:Mass message senders/Shell-0105 to pretty much anywhere besides a subpage of WTMMS? (If you are the only one using this, move to your own userspace). — xaosflux Talk 15:34, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
- Oops, I missed the move instruction there. I've emptied out the shell, as I only needed it for a single use. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 17:59, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Barbara Ann Wilcox
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Decadent
Since John Stump was recently deleted, can you update User:Bilorv/Challenges#Decadent with either a different article or removal? (50s is one of the decades I'm missing but then again, I am only halfway there...) — Bilorv (talk) 15:47, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Bilorv lol you're a strict enforcer! Luckily I have a few options; swapped out for a different one. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 18:36, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
A cheeseburger for you!
Thank you for the new picture on the WP:BITE page! I really liked the old one, but I am glad we have SOMETHING again! ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 17:22, 9 April 2022 (UTC) |
Disambiguation link notification for April 11
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- Already Fixed. I suggested that the disambiguator extension be improved to include the source editor citation tool. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:49, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
Double-check RfC you launched a few months ago at Talk:College and university rankings
I'm not sure if this RfC was set up correctly; you may want to double check it. ElKevbo (talk) 02:59, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
- @ElKevbo, the RfC appears fine, but the tag was just removed by a bot once it expired. I'll list it at WP:CR to have it closed. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 18:23, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
Food
Hi Sdkb. Just checking if you got my ping at Talk:Food#Splitting proposal. Regards Aircorn (talk) 21:18, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Aircorn! I did get the ping, but I'm not following the article closely enough to say whether your proposal adequately resolves the concerns. If it seems good, feel free to proceed boldly and we'll see what others think. If a discussion starts, I might look into it further and form an opinion. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 21:49, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Bret Price
Hello! Your submission of Bret Price at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Ktin (talk) 20:18, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
Redesigning the about page
Hi Sdkb,
I remember you said that you would like to redesign the about page on Wikipedia. I would be interested in hearing your ideas on what the new about page would look like since most about pages are short and sweet. Also, I would like to know what other areas of Wikipedia you feel need redesign. Please let me know. Thanks, Interstellarity (talk) 20:52, 22 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Interstellarity! The conversation we previously had is here. My view is still the same—I'd like to see the page reconstructed from the ground up, with every piece of information run through a "do we really need this here or can we save it for elsewhere/Wikipedia?" test. Let me know if you have specific questions and I'll be happy to offer feedback. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 04:35, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hello again,
- I have created a sandbox of my idea of what the about page could look like. I do think it needs more work before it can replace the current about page. Of course, this would require a consensus before implementing such change. If you see a way that my proposed page could be improved, please feel free to edit my sandbox regarding what you think should be on the about page. I do think that on the current about page, most of the content is unnecessary. We could always use links so editors can get more information if they are interested. Let me know your thoughts and I'd be happy to work with you. Interstellarity (talk) 13:48, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- What's causing the delay in response? Did you take a look at my draft of a new about page? Interstellarity (talk) 18:38, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Interstellarity! I unfortunately don't have enough spare time to join you fully in a rewrite; apologies for not making that clearer above. But taking a quick look at your draft, it seems like a big step forward in terms of overall form. I'd suggest workshopping it to refine it further, and then presenting it once you're confident it's ready. Best, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:46, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- I don’t know what you mean by workshopping. Is it to work on the draft further or asking others for help regarding the page? Where could I go to get some help with designing a new about page? Interstellarity (talk) 21:37, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- By workshopping I mean mainly asking for feedback and ideally recruiting one or two other editors to work on it with you. You could ask at WT:Help Project, but I think you're more likely to find someone at e.g. the village pump idea lab. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 03:02, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- I don’t know what you mean by workshopping. Is it to work on the draft further or asking others for help regarding the page? Where could I go to get some help with designing a new about page? Interstellarity (talk) 21:37, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Interstellarity! I unfortunately don't have enough spare time to join you fully in a rewrite; apologies for not making that clearer above. But taking a quick look at your draft, it seems like a big step forward in terms of overall form. I'd suggest workshopping it to refine it further, and then presenting it once you're confident it's ready. Best, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:46, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- What's causing the delay in response? Did you take a look at my draft of a new about page? Interstellarity (talk) 18:38, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Question from Quictelor on User:Quictelor (11:48, 26 April 2022)
Hello Good afternoon How can I publish my. Article --Quictelor (talk) 11:48, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
- Well, in your case, the first step is requesting you be unblocked. Follow the instructions on your talk page. After that, see Help:Your first article. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 16:49, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
Inna Derusova
I expanded the article quite a bit, and thought you might want to know. It's still short, but I don't think it's a Stub any more. --GRuban (talk) 17:15, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- I'd like to nominate it for WP:DYK - do you have any ideas for a hook? Straightforward "... that Inna Derusova was the first woman to be awarded Hero of Ukraine posthumously?" Something about the hospital visit hoax, like "... that Russian media accused Zelenskyy of faking a video of visiting a hospital accompanying a dead woman?" Something else? --GRuban (talk) 17:47, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the expansion, @GRuban! It's always so nice to see Wikipedia's collaborative spirit come out, and I'd definitely encourage submitting it to DYK. Personally, I'd find the hospital visit hook more compelling, as "first person to do X" hooks aren't always the most interesting, but you could try both and see what the reviewer likes. The challenge for the hospital visit hook is encapsulating it concisely—perhaps
...that Russian media falsely accused Ukraine of faking a hospital visit video that appeared to show Inna Derusova (pictured) after she had died?
{{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:37, 28 April 2022 (UTC)- Template:Did you know nominations/Inna Derusova. Went with your suggestion minus one "falsely" as it's redundant, and less "hooky". Thank you! Also pinged editor Grytsenko on UK Wikipedia. --GRuban (talk) 19:25, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the expansion, @GRuban! It's always so nice to see Wikipedia's collaborative spirit come out, and I'd definitely encourage submitting it to DYK. Personally, I'd find the hospital visit hook more compelling, as "first person to do X" hooks aren't always the most interesting, but you could try both and see what the reviewer likes. The challenge for the hospital visit hook is encapsulating it concisely—perhaps
photo of michael kelly
hey! normally, I'd go right to WP:FFD, but I figure you might have a reasonable explanation for this one. The file is credited to Getty images; WP:NFCC#7 says that those are unacceptable under the "respect for commercial opportunities" criterion. Any reason for inclusion? Do let me know, thanks :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:06, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Theleekycauldron, and thanks for checking! I found the photo here at New York magazine, where it was credited as "Getty Images/The Washington Post". My strong hunch is that it was a staff photo from The Washington Post, where Kelly worked (the same photo with altered lighting appears at this page from 1998), and that Getty just scooped it up at some point. With regard to respect for commercial opportunities, my stance is that it's extremely unlikely our use could harm them, as the file is already easily available at the top of Google Image search results from New York in a higher resolution than ours will be. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:41, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- ah, see, I knew you had something I didn't. Could you put that in the image rationale? thanks! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 08:08, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Mandrill GA
Hello. Would you be able to do the GA review of Mandrill and prepare it for FAC? Thanks. LittleJerry (talk) 11:48, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi LittleJerry! I don't have the capacity to take that on at the moment, unfortunately, but I wish you the best with it! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:07, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Wikipedia main page
Greetings, Sdkb. In a hurry as I often am, I only noticed today that the Wikipedia main page has a new look. So, this message is about the new look: Congratulations for the work you and/or anyone else who put in the work. From my own personal view, it's much better now, in many aspects too. Take care. -The Gnome (talk) 18:11, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
- @The Gnome Much thanks! I think I've influenced most of the permanent sections of the Main Page at this point; glad to be able to help push it toward a more modern look! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:55, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Barbara Ann Wilcox
On 11 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Barbara Ann Wilcox, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that transgender pioneer Barbara Ann Wilcox (pictured) proposed to her husband on the day she met him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara Ann Wilcox. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Barbara Ann Wilcox), 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) 00:02, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
Hook update | ||
Your hook reached 47,327 views (1,972.0 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2022 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 02:01, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Theleekycauldron, wow, that's by far the most of any DYK I've done. Wouldn't have necessarily expected that, but very glad to see it! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 14:49, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Ugh
Never even heard of this guy until today and... [3] [4]—was there in the lead for a month and seen by 11,000 people :( – Aza24 (talk) 06:55, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Aza24: Ack, that is...very not ideal. Thanks for catching it! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 13:51, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Bret Price
On 12 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bret Price, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bret Price built a 1,500-pound (680 kg) zipper in his backyard? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bret Price. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bret Price), 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) 00:03, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:Editnotices/Page/Boston
Template:Editnotices/Page/Boston has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 14:43, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of Template:GoToRandom
Template:GoToRandom has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:27, 16 May 2022 (UTC)
Infobox university
Hi,
I thought I was finally done fixing all uses of |athletics=
and |sports=
because I emptied Category:Pages using infobox university with the sports parameter. But then I saw Friends University is using athletics, so it appears the check for this is not working. Can you look into that? Thanks. MB 21:45, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- @MB, hmm, good find! I noticed that Friends University's infobox had a blank instance of
|sports=
, and when I removed that, it's now showing up in the category. I changed the way the check is done in the template; let's see if that fixes things. Thanks so much for your excellent work helping clean up the usages! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 00:09, 19 May 2022 (UTC)- That seems to have added about 150 more! MB 02:52, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Courtesy notice
I mentioned you at WP:ANI#Disruptive template edits by Dawn PScLim. Schazjmd (talk) 23:42, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up, and best wishes helping that newcomer chart a more productive path. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 00:00, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
DYK for Inna Derusova
On 22 May 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Inna Derusova, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Inna Derusova (pictured) was the first woman to be posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Inna Derusova. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Inna Derusova), 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. |
—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:27, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
Hook update | ||
Your hook reached 18,386 views (1,532.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of May 2022 – nice work! |
theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 04:53, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
I like my talk today (actually mostly from 29 May - I took the title pic), enjoy the music, two related videos worth watching! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:24, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello Sdkb,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 737 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 1034 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}}
on their talk page.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here.
Sent 05:18, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
TikTok lead sentance
Hi Sdkb. Despite the hidden comment you added last July, an editor recently changed the position of the word "Chinese" in the lead sentence of the TikTok article, against prior RfC consensus. Would you mind reverting?
Also, if this happens again in the future, would it be appropriate for me (as a COI editor) to revert directly, considering this is fairly uncontroversial, or is my continued caution here correct? Thanks, Bkenny44 (talk) 16:29, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Matsqui First Nation
Hello,
I noticed you made edits to the article I updated and I wanted to say that it seems you cleaned it up and removed duplicates so I appreciate you helping me. I'll be sure to stay up with it myself as well.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghazarid (talk • contribs) 02:46, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
- @Ghazarid: Yep, my bot stopped by and merged some duplicate references. Happy to help, and thanks for your work on the article! Writing is the hard part and cleaning up after is just the finishing touch 🙂 {{u|Sdkb}} talk 04:40, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
IQIYI vandalism edit WARNING
WARNING! Please do not add information without citing sources as your bot did with the company's earning of 2021. Hypersonic man 11 (talk) 13:07, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Hypersonic man 11: unsourced information isn't vandalism, and also it wasn't added to that page by Sdkb or his bot? The only change the bot did was unlinking the word Chinese and some generic fixes. Elli (talk | contribs) 13:16, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
Hello, Sdkb
Thank you for creating Felicia Sonmez.
User:SunDawn, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:
Thanks for the article!
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|SunDawn}}
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I accept your reward board offer
I will try and get some former featured lists back to featured list status. It seems a lot easier than featured articles so why not? interstatefive 16:48, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
this is the fourth reward board offer i have accepted in the last 5 days but whatever
- @Interstatefive: Best of luck! Let me know which lists you end up focusing on, and if you succeed. As a bit of caution, getting a delisted FL back up to par is certainly easier than getting a list there from scratch, and much easier than getting an FA, but it's still quite difficult. Take some time looking through FLCs if you haven't already to get a sense. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 16:52, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Thanks!
A meme for you! | |
Thank you for helping users, no matter if they are old or new. Cheers! Waylon111 (talk) 17:36, 12 June 2022 (UTC) |
DYK for Amangiri
On 13 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Amangiri, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the acquisition of land for the Utah resort hotel Amangiri (pictured) required an act of Congress? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Amangiri. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Amangiri), 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, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
If templates
Hi. What is the use case of the user-rights-restricted "if" templates, like {{if admin}} and {{if extended confirmed}}? Levivich 19:01, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi @Levivich! They're used in various interface elements. For instance, at WP:UAL they tell you which rights you have (many newer editors don't know whether or not they're EC), and at {{Current event editnotice}}, {{if EC}} is used as part of a compromise to hide basic tips (e.g. cite your sources) that will be useful to newer editors but that experienced editors can be expected to know. In the future, notices like "administrators, please don't delete this category" could be made so that they only show to admins and don't create visual clutter for everyone else. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:39, 21 June 2022 (UTC)