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Welcome to the drive![edit]
Welcome, welcome, welcome Eddie891! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
CactiStaccingCrane (talk)18:51, 1 February 2024 UTC [refresh]via JWB and Geardona (talk to me?)
The Signpost: 2 March 2024[edit]
- News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
- Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
- In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
- Obituary: Vami_IV
- Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday
- WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
March flowers[edit]
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in memory of the birthday of a friend who showed me art such as this, and of Vami --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:13, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was premiered on 14 March 1864, - when I listen to the desolate Agnus Dei I think of Vami. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:22, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Vacation pics uploaded, at least the first day, - and Aribert Reimann remembered. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:31, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Some days later, a calf in the mist and chocolate cake, and a story of collaboration --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:23, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award[edit]
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This award is given in recognition to Eddie891 for collecting more than 10 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:10, 8 March 2024 (UTC) |
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Why are you deleting it for now reason? --Sinanshanavas444 (talk) 16:32, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm not sure exactly what you're talking about here, sorry. Eddie891 Talk Work 19:47, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
hello, it appears that without the unnecessary disambiguation, the Osama Said article is salted. the notability of this newly created article seems doubtful, but could you move it/unprotect Osama Said in order to move it per naming requirements? She was afairy 09:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry that I missed this point. Yes, if there is a notable Osama Said, I would be happy to un-SALT, but this doesn't seem to be the case here so the point is now moot. Eddie891 Talk Work 17:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I[edit]
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
- Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
- Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
- Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
- Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
- Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
- Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
- Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
- Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
- Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
- Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
- Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
- Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
- Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
- Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
- Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
- Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
- Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:
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Question from Jackdrophammer on Wikipedia:Non-free content (06:44, 22 March 2024)[edit]
Sorry to disturb you but I just wanted to ask: How do I check information of an image on Wikipedia like copyright status, reason used to defend the use of image on Wikipedia and all other information? For example the image on this page: https://wiki.alquds.edu/?query=Nemophila_%28band%29?wprov=sfla1 --Jackdrophammer (talk) 06:44, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, @Jackdrophammer! If you click on the image you want to see, and then click the blue 'more details' button, it should take you to the file page of the image you want more information on. For instance, that page is here for the first image on Nemophilia (band). Does that help? Eddie891 Talk Work 12:37, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! Jackdrophammer (talk) 12:49, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Resource Request[edit]
In August 2023, I requested for information about Charles Chieng in the journal "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities", 1981, Vol. 47, and you said that you had gotten a pdf from your library. Sorry I didn't see your mention, do you still have the pdf? GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 08:33, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- @GoldenBootWizard276, yes! Send me an email, and I can respond with a pdf. Eddie891 Talk Work 12:41, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Eddie891: I can't find your email anywhere GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 12:44, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- @GoldenBootWizard276, try Special:EmailUser/Eddie891. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- @Eddie891: I can't find your email anywhere GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 12:44, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Question from Christopher ChisopaIII (11:07, 22 March 2024)[edit]
I want write a biography for an artist how can I start? --Christopher ChisopaIII (talk) 11:07, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, @Christopher ChisopaIII! The first thing you should do is make sure that the artist meets our notability requirements for artists. If they do not, an article on them is likely to be deleted. I'd suggest having a look at this page for advice on drafting an article; in short, use the Article wizard to create a draft, and don't be afraid to look at existing high quality artist articles for ideas on how to format/write the page. I, of course, am here to answer any questions that may come up. Eddie891 Talk Work 12:44, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Signups open for The Core Contest 2024[edit]
The Core Contest—Wikipedia's most exciting contest—returns again this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve vital or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is £300 of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". Signups are open now. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24. – Aza24 (talk) 02:20, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
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Victor Daly[edit]
I saw this article on the unassessed military history project articles list. I have assessed it as B class for military history and biography. The Milhist Bot added erroneous parameters such as "African", which I have corrected. Donner60 (talk) 02:55, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking a look, @Donner60. I agree that the article is B-class, or thereabouts. I have not found more information on Daly that is not in the article. Eddie891 Talk Work 02:58, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Question from Jackdrophammer on Wikipedia:Article wizard/Referencing (14:13, 25 March 2024)[edit]
"These include academic journals, books, newspapers, magazines, and media with a reputation for fact checking. Social media, press releases or corporate/professional profiles do not qualify." is what the article says for citations. I was thinking of writing an article on a *VERY* new band called "tonerico" whose members are well-known but the new band isn't. Their first MV has 67k views on yt. Now, there are *no* third party sources that mention them other than their own pages so the *only* source is their official pages, should I create a page on them? do you think it has a chance of getting deleted? The article is going to be *quite* short, afterall, the band released their first album last month and it went on sale in cd format on 20th march 2024, so last month if that's relevant. I'd also like to ask if search engines like google not list articles with same name on wikipedia(but in different languages), but it's ok if you can't answer this one. --Jackdrophammer (talk) 14:13, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, @Jackdrophammer, if there is not independent and reliable coverage of an article topic, the article will be deleted, yes. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), not all topics can have a Wikipedia article-- there simply isn't enough reliable information to say about them. For instance, have a read about our notability criteria for bands. I don't think this band would meet any of these criteria yet. Sorry that that may not be what you want to hear :/.
Re your other question, to exclude wikipedia from your search results, you can append-wiki
to your search query.
Happy to answer any other questions you may have! Best, Eddie891 Talk Work 17:24, 25 March 2024 (UTC)