User talk:Curtaintoad/Archive 4CURTAINTOAD!
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While your edits and contributions are definitely appreciated, I must advise that in the future you be more cautious with your use of the Nihongo template. The template should only be used if the origin of the article subject is Japanese; in this case, Lee Everett is an American-born fictional character written by American writers. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 11:28, 9 December 2012 (UTC) ReminderThe test on your adoption page is under the collapsable box. If you could take a look and complete it sometime, it'd be great, then we can move on. Thanks! gwickwiretalkedits 05:45, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
Red linksHi. I saw you removed the link I made for Students of the Road on the Demon Gaze article. Red linking, when you create a link to a page that doesn't exist, to notable topics is actually encouraged because it encourages other editors to create the article. Please see WP:REDLINK. So if we know that the topic we would be red linking to is notable, it is a good idea to add the link even if it only shows up red right now because then editors are encourage to click it and start the new article. It is for this reason that I think we should link to the game at this point even if it does not yet have an article. --Odie5533 (talk) 15:23, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 10 December 2012
At the time of writing, this year's election has just closed after a two-week voting period. The eight seats were contested by 21 candidates. Of these, 15 have not been arbitrators (Beeblebrox, Count Iblis, Guerillero, Jc37, Keilana, Ks0stm, Kww, NuclearWarfare, Pgallert, RegentsPark, Richwales, Salvio giuliano, Timotheus Canens, Worm That Turned, and YOLO Swag); four candidates are sitting arbitrators (David Fuchs, Elen of the Roads, Jclemens, and Newyorkbrad); and two have previously served on the committee (Carcharoth and Coren). Four Wikimedia stewards from outside the English Wikipedia stepped forward as election scrutineers: Pundit, from the Polish Wikipedia; Teles, from the Portuguese Wikipedia; Quentinv57, from the French Wikipedia; and Mardetanha, from the Persian Wikipedia. The scrutineers' task is to ensure that the election is free of multiple votes from the same person, to tally the results, and to announce them. The full results are expected to be released within the next few days and will be reported in next week's edition of the Signpost.
Eight articles, four images, six lists, and one topic were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week.
The Visual Editor project – an attempt to create the first WMF-deployable WYSIWYG editor – will go live on its first Wikipedias imminently following nearly six months of testing on MediaWiki.org. A full explanatory blog post accompanied the news, explaining the project and its setup. Once a user has opted-in, the editor can handle basic formatting, headings and lists, while safely ignoring elements it is yet to understand, including references, categories, templates, tables and images. At the last count, approximately 2% of pages would break in some way if a user tried the Visual Editor on them; it is unclear whether any specific protection will be put in place beyond relying on editors to spot problems.
In celebration of Human Rights Day, we checked out WikiProject Human Rights. Started in February 2006, the project has grown to include over 3,000 articles, including 12 Featured Articles, 3 Featured Lists, 66 Good Articles, a large collection of Did You Know entries, and a few mentions "in the news". The project monitors listings of popular pages and cleanup tags. We interviewed Khazar2, Cirt, and Boud.
Talkback Message added 08:44, 13 December 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Yunshui 雲水 08:44, 13 December 2012 (UTC) TalkbackMessage added 15:25, 14 December 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 15:25, 14 December 2012 (UTC) TalkbackMessage added 12:43, 16 December 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Go Phightins! 12:43, 16 December 2012 (UTC) TalkbackMessage added 15:28, 17 December 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template. Hello Curtaintoad, I did a non administrator closure on your request as you do not meet the points by Riley Huntley which is a CLEAR reason for access (There are others at AfC who have access such as TheSpecialUser) and experience with Wikipedia bots. Feel free to contact an admin like Riley Huntley and see if they disagree with my closure, if so your in the right and I am in the wrong. Take care and happy editing. John F. Lewis (talk) 15:28, 17 December 2012 (UTC) AdoptionHello Curtaintoad, You may know me (From either denying your request for Edwardsbot or from my interactions with this user. I recently saw that your adoption was closed by the adoptee for a clear case of 'hat collecting'. I discussed this with a withstanding administrator over the action raised by the closing adoptee. As a result, I would be more than happy to re-adopt you and maybe solve some of these obvious hinders. I will be awaiting your reply, If you wish to discuss this more, feel free to email me or ask below, I will be watching your talkpage so please no TB. John F. Lewis (talk) 18:48, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 17 December 2012
Seven days after the close of voting, the results of the recent Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) elections have been announced by two of the four stewards overseeing the election, Mardetanha and Pundit. Of the 21 candidates, 13 managed to gain positive support-to-oppose ratios, and the top eight will be appointed to two-year terms on the committee by Jimbo Wales, exercising one of his traditional responsibilities.
In the past year, we've tried to expand our horizons by looking at how WikiProjects work in other languages of Wikipedia. Following in the footsteps of our previously interviewed Czech and French projects, we visited the German Wikipedia to explore WikiProjekt Computerspiel (WikiProject Computer Games). The project dates back to November 2004 and has become the back-end of the Computer Games Portal, which covers all video games regardless of platform. Editors writing about computer games at the German Wikipedia deal with unique cultural and legal challenges, ranging from a lack of fair use precedents to the limited availability of games deemed harmful for youths to strong standards for the inclusion of material on the German Wikipedia.
Current discussions on the English Wikipedia include ...
This week's big story on the English Wikipedia is obviously the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which, by the time you read this, may be renamed 2012 Connecticut school shooting). Quickly created and nominated for deletion not once but twice, and both times speedily kept, the article saw the expected flurry of edits (a look at the history suggests an average of at least one a minute over the first day and a half) and more than half a million page views on the first full day.
Four articles, three lists, and five images were promoted to 'featured' status on the English Wikipedia this week, including a picture of a three-week old donkey (also known as an 'ass').
MediaWiki users (including Wikimedians) can now organise themselves into groups, receiving recognition and support-in-kind from the Wikimedia Foundation. The project, backed by new Wikimedia technical contributor coordinator Quim Gil, has seen five proposals lodged in its first week of operation. The idea of MediaWiki groups mimics that of Wikimedia User Groups.
Re: RequestSure, you can always reach me through the e-mail link on my user page or my talk page. I'll be headed out of town in about 12 hours, and my grandma doesn't have Internet access, but I do have an iPhone so I can check my e-mail. Imzadi 1979 → 00:16, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi Curtaintoad, I saw that you just joined Wikipedia: WikiProject Dinosaurs. Welcome to the project! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 15:58, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
Holiday wishes!
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