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By far the funniest and most clever Wikipedia page I randomly stumbled on. Kudos. The fish genuinely made me laugh out loud — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumtimz I B Learnin (talk • contribs) 07:04, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
Chapter requests[edit]
Hi Extraordinary Writ! A while ago you had mentioned to me over at WP:RX that you would be willing to provide chapters for the book The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen by Rob Kirkpatrick and I was wondering if I could take you up on that? I'm specifically requesting the chapters on Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A.. Thanks! – zmbro (talk) (cont) 20:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
- Zmbro, sure: just shoot me an email. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
MOSES OKOTCHI OLUOCHI (WANJALA JNR)[edit]
Moses Okotchi Oluochi is a Kenyan born on 16th Jan,1998 at Port Victoria -Budalangi in Busia County. He attended Lunyofu Primary School Moses Wanjala Jnr (talk) 08:32, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hello again Moses Wanjala Jnr. Is there anything I can help you with? Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:22, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
March 2024 GAN backlog drive[edit]
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Question from Dr.Sajeev Nair on User:Dr.Sajeev Nair (10:08, 26 February 2024)[edit]
How do I create a Wikipedia page ? --Dr.Sajeev Nair (talk) 10:08, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hello Dr.Sajeev Nair. You can read this help page for information about how to create a new article. As it explains, topics are only notable enough for a Wikipedia article if they've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.), so make sure you're writing about something that meets that requirement. Let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:05, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ*ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery categories[edit]
Hello, Extraordinary Writ,
I see you restored these categories. However, they are still empty. I will hold off tagging them again for a few hours but another editor or admin might very well tag them CSD C1. Of course, they then have another week to get things sorted out, I just hope that the editor who request their restoration realizes that if the categories remain empty for 7 days, they will be deleted again. Thanks for all of your work. Liz Read! Talk! 01:13, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Pinging Frostly: you may want to either run the bot now or add a page to each category to keep it from being tagged as empty. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks @Extraordinary Writ and @Liz. All of the categories should have at least one page in them now. I am currently running the bot. Best, — Frostly (talk) 01:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Rankin[edit]
Just out of curiosity, what brought that little mystery to your attention? DS (talk) 14:49, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, I just stumbled across the message you left at WT:WPWA. Quite a story. That reminds me, I was going to check Newspapers.com now that it's working again...I'll go do that now. (If my meager assortment of talk-page stalkers has anything to add, feel free!) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey there. Could you help take a look on this issue? There appears to be persistent inexplicable edits coming from said IP address with zero response to discussions. Appreciate your help on this. Thanks. hundenvonPG (talk) 08:39, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, I can't help with this at the moment. ANI is watchlisted by a very large number of people, so you generally don't need to alert individual admins if you've already made a post there. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Request to restore the redirects[edit]
Thanks for restoring the page for Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch.
I kindly request that you also consider restoring the redirects Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman Baloch, Hidayat Rahman Baloch and Maulana Hidayat Rahman Baloch. This will help ensure that searching users are directed to the correct page.
Best regards Ainty Painty (talk) 06:26, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- Sure, done. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:46, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
See this: Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion - Wikipedia
If you want me to provide full context, here it is in quotation marks:
"This article had sources for citations, but only 60% of the article has citations, which means that 40% of the article has no citations. This article also fails WP:GNG for a stand-alone list."
"The notice "The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for stand-alone lists." on that article has been there since May 2017. And nothing has changed for it to meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for stand-alone lists." 14.203.182.49 (talk) 09:37, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, done: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock. Sorry you didn't get a response at WT:AFD. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:23, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 61[edit]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024
- Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
- 1Lib1Ref results
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Hey there! I'm new to how Wikipedia actually works and was wondering what the guidelines are for editing character descriptions in the cast section of a movie/tv show. Sometimes it'll just say "Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss" and sometimes there will be added information, e.g. "Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss, Brad's fiancée." Is there any rules as to when information like this should be added to a page? And if there are pages that still have the first option, can they be changed by people such as myself to have more info? Sorry if this makes no sense, I can try and explain better if needed :) --Funkcunk (talk) 17:52, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Funkcunk! Yes, it's fine to add a brief description if you think it'd be helpful. You can see this page (for films) and this page (for TV shows) for more detailed guidance, but generally speaking you can just use your judgment: if you think it's an improvement, you're probably right (and if someone disagrees, they'll let you know). For films, usually we keep the description to a handful of words; for TV shows, longer descriptions are a bit more common. (Not sure why...) But again, just use common sense and you'll be fine. Hope this helps—let me know if you have any other questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks so much! I'll let you know if I have any more questions :) Funkcunk (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Dang well I added some character descriptions to The Faculty (1998) and they got removed 😭
- Wikipedia confuses me lol Funkcunk (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry to hear that, Funkcunk. It sounds like the concern was that the descriptions repeated too much from the plot summary section. You could try making the descriptions shorter (maybe just a few words each) and/or focusing on characters who weren't mentioned in the plot summary. You can also leave a message for the user who undid your edit at User talk:MikeAllen—he has more experience writing about films than I do and might be able to give you some better advice. Don't be discouraged! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
Question from Oriyomi Esther Eriwayo (10:33, 12 March 2024)[edit]
Hello? How do I create a profile page for myself on Wikipedia --Oriyomi Esther Eriwayo (talk) 10:33, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hello Oriyomi Esther Eriwayo. Unless you've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, news websites, etc.), you are probably not eligible to have a Wikipedia article created about you. We do allow people to provide a little information about themselves on their their user pages (click here to create yours), but promotional user pages will be deleted. Ultimately the goal of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality encyclopedia, and if you're just trying to create a profile page, I'd encourage you to use one of the many other websites designed for that purpose. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:02, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi, Am a artist, i wanna write my own biography --Jizams (talk) 10:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hello Jizams. Unless you've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, news websites, etc.), you're probably not eligible to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. We do allow people to provide a little information about themselves on their their user pages (click here to create yours), but promotional user pages will be deleted. Ultimately the goal of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality encyclopedia, and if you're just trying to create a webpage for yourself, I'd encourage you to use one of the many other websites designed for that purpose. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:10, 16 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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