User talk:Logan/Archive 9

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This edit] slapped {{Uncategorized stub}} on 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador even though it already sported {{Canada-politics-stub}}, which put the article in Category:Canada politics stubs. -Rrius (talk) 04:49, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for letting me know. I believe that AWB only checks for categories that are not included through templates such as stub templates, as those usually are very generic. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 04:50, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Then maybe it is a feature not worth using. A huge chunk of articles around Wikipedia use one of hundreds of stub templates to put stubs into categories. -Rrius (talk) 04:53, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hi Logan, I saw your comment on my talk page regarding File:Arista-networks-logo.jpg – and I also saw you changed your mind. I updated the logo's page and used the same non-free rationale as that used for the logo of Cisco Systems. Thanks for bringing this up to my attention, I think we're better off now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsunanet (talk • contribs) 22:13, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

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Hey Logan! Thanks so much for your participation in the Office Hours session; the full logs can be found here, just in case you missed something or want to see precisely who said what. Re your idea for having the feed in a drop-down menu on the talkpage; the devs love it :). It's a "Phase 2" item, which translates into normalspeak as "we'll start working on it in January".

To recap; the barebones plan (without community suggested changes) can be found at WP:AFT5 - if you have any ideas, comments or suggestions, check out the talkpage, which I will be following vociferously. If you don't want to jump in all the time, but do want to participate in topics that particularly interest you, we'll be running a bi-weekly newsletter you can sign up for here. Once again, thanks for the great idea, and your participation so far :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:46, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Why is my article at risk of "Speedy Deletion" it only tells people what the business does.

I was searching for Teresa May, not Theresa May. I know a lot of people who have done the same, hence the redirection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.218.219.124 (talk) 01:15, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

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The diff between my balls-up and your fix shows me how it should've been done. Much appreciated. Haploidavey (talk) 23:12, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Thx for recently reverting vandalism to my Talk. Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 06:32, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

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อยากทราบว่า JAN MONTYN เสียชีวิตหรือยัง ถ้ายังแล้วตอนนี้เค้าอยู่เมืองและประเทศอะไร สามารถติดต่อกับเค้าได้ที่ไหน — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.180.184.34 (talk) 04:30, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

• Hey Logan! Thanks for your wonderful contributions to the office hours session on Friday night :). Logs are here - the next session is on 1 December; hope to see you there! In the meantime, I'll forward your ideas and suggestions to the devs and get back to you on them :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:31, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

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Tamale isn't a real language though. Are you going to accept articles in Klingon next? Villiage Pump (talk) 17:52, 28 November 2011 (UTC)Pump, pump.

Thanks for the catch! Will debug as necessary before restarting. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 02:30, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Hello. You have a new message at Steven (WMF)'s talk page. 23:38, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

hi geet — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.76.238.26 (talk) 14:33, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

care to comment? > Best O Fortuna (talk) 07:36, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

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Isn't there a way to prevent User 8.225.198.150 from attacking the Immanuel Kant article?Lestrade (talk) 16:12, 9 December 2011 (UTC)Lestrade

Please see WP:UWLS for information about warning and reporting vandals. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 20:02, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Logan,

We're currently busy designing some new tests, and we need your feedback/input!

1. ImageTaggingBot - a bot that warns users who upload images but don't provide adequate source or license information (drafts here)
2. CorenSearchBot - a bot that warns users who copy-paste text from external websites or other Wikipedia articles (drafts here)

We also have a proposal to test new "accepted," "declined," and "on-hold" templates at Articles for Creation (drafts here). The discussion isn't closed yet, so please weigh in if you're interested.

Thanks for your help! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 02:15, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Hi Logan, regarding File:04 CALDER2.jpg and File:06 BIGFOOT.jpg I have update the source information indicating that both files were given by the author. Thanks for pointing out the problem. Regards, Jeremyjoshua (talk) 10:03, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

That is insufficient, I am afraid. Please communicate the copyright owner's permission via the process set out at WP:IOWN. Note that permission must be for all purposes. Permission for use just on Wikipedia, or for non-commercial use only, is not sufficient. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 14:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Ukexpat, I have contacted the author asking him to send an email with permission to use the files as indicated on the page you suggested. In the meantime the images have been tagged OTRS pending. Thanks Jeremyjoshua (talk) 15:31, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

Hey guys! Another month, another newsletter.

First off - the first bits of AFT5 are now deployed. As of early last week, the various different designs are deployed on 0.1 percent of articles, for a certain "bucket" of randomly-assigned readers. With the data flooding in from these, we were able to generate a big pool of comments for editors to categorise as "useful" or "not useful". This information will be used to work out which form is the "best" form, producing the most useful feedback and the least junk. Hopefully we'll have the data for you by the end of the week; I can't thank the editors who volunteered to hand-code enough; we wouldn't be where we are now without you.

All this useful information means we can move on to finalising the tool, and so we're holding an extra-important office hours session on Friday, 6th January at 19:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. If you can't make it, drop me a note and I'll be happy to provide logs so you can see what went on - if you can make it, but will turn up late, bear in mind that I'll be hanging around until 23:00 UTC to deal with latecomers :).

Things we'll be discussing include:

• The design of the feedback page, which will display all the feedback gathered through whichever form comes out on top.
• An expansion of the pool of articles which have AFT5 displayed, from 0.1 percent to 0.3 (which is what we were going to do initially anyway)
• An upcoming Request for Comment that will cover (amongst other things) who can access various features in the tool, such as the "hide" button.

If you can't make it to the session, all this stuff will be displayed on the talkpage soon after, so no worries ;). Hope to see you all there! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 04:50, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Suddenlink Logo.png. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. --Geniac (talk) 01:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

 Added Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 02:03, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi,

I would like to know if the Facebook page NII Organization was created by you as a Wikipedia official contributor. We noticed that you have a low resolution NII logo image, would you mind using a better quality file?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.242.46.2 (talk) 20:47, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

I am not affiliated with that organization, and thus I cannot, unfortunately, conjure a higher-resolution logo for that article. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 21:19, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey there. Sorry, I was intending to put two pages into the Pennsylvania German Wikipedia, and I did not realize I was in the English Wikipedia. I did notice, though, that the reason for the deletion was listed as "clear copyright infringement," which is not the case. The page was simply in the Wikipedia of the wrong language. Thank you for deleting it from the English Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Verzannt (talk • contribs) 23:55, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey guys! A couple of highly important things to do over the next few weeks:

• We've opened a Request for Comment on several of the most important aspects of the tool, including who should be able to hide inappropriate comments. It will remain open until 20 January; I encourage everyone with an interest to take part :).
• A second round of feedback categorisation will take place in a few weeks, so we can properly evaluate which design works the best and keeps all the junk out :P. All volunteers are welcome and desired; there may be foundation swag in it for you!

Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:50, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for wishing me Suyogtalk to me! 15:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for a lovely birthday greeting to celebtate my first edit! :-) CJ Drop me a line! • Contribs 20:41, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Articles for Creation urgently needs your help! Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 3071 submissions waiting to be reviewed. Do you have what it takes? Are you familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines? Do you know what Wikipedia is and is not? Do you have a working knowledge of the Manual of Style, particularly article naming conventions? Are you autoconfirmed? Can you review submissions based on their individual merits? If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog.

Hey guys; apologies for the belated nature of this notification; as you can probably imagine, the whole blackout thing kinda messed with our timetables :P. Just a quick reminder that we've got an office hours session tomorrow at 19:00 in #wikimedia-office, where we'll be discussing the results of the hand-coding and previewing some new changes. Hope to see you there :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:14, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi WP:UWTEST member, we wanted to share a quick update on the status of the project. Here's the skinny:

1. We're happy to say we have a new round of testing results available! Since there are tests on several Wikipedias, we're collecting all results at the project page on Meta. We've also now got some help from Wikimedia Foundation data analyst Ryan Faulkner, and should have more test results in the coming weeks.
2. Last but not least, check out the four tests currently running at the documentation page.

Thanks for your interest, and don't hesitate to drop by the talk page if you have a suggestion or question. Maryana (WMF) (talk) 19:26, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

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Another notification, guys; Article Feedback Tool office hours on Friday at 19:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office :). If you can't attend, drop me a note and I'll send you the logs when we're done. We're also thinking of moving it to thursday at a later time: say, 22:00 UTC. Speak up if that'd appeal more :) Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:17, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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Just a reminder; office hours tonight at 21:00 UTC :). We've got the feedback page deployed on enwiki! We can show it off now :D. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 15:28, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 04:22, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day, Logan, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Armbrust, B.Ed. Let's talkabout my edits? 10:12, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello,

I'm the author of the Two Pilots page and i'm wonder why you put speedy deletion. I'm using this page as a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Kingdom and i don't see any difference, why some company can have page on the Wikipedia and some other is not. Can you explain this ? I even did not finished the page yet.

Best regards, Stanislav — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spanasik (talk • contribs) 13:05, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Joystiq logo.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Cloudbound (talk) 21:53, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Zazzle logo.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. -- ТимофейЛееСуда. 15:54, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 05:41, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

I saw on your userpage that you would like to become an administrator one day. Can I nominate you? Tomtomn00 (talk • contributions) 16:56, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for your offer, but I feel that I am not currently active enough to accept this nomination. It wouldn't make sense. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 22:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

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