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Copy edit for KeanolaniHello. I wonder if you can help me perform a copy edit for Keanolani. Thanks!KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:54, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
CE for Fawad KhanHi Miniapolis, thank you so much for copy-editing Fawad Khan. I'm confident that now it can pass FA. Thanks Amirk94391 (talk) 08:56, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Peer review newsletter #1IntroductionHello to all! I do not intend to write a regular peer review newsletter but there does occasionally come a time when those interested in contributing to peer review should be contacted, and now is one. I've mailed this out to everyone on the peer review volunteers list, and some editors that have contributed to past discussions. Apologies if I've left you off or contacted you and you didn't want it. Next time there is a newsletter / mass message it will be opt in (here), I'll talk about this below - but first:
Updates.jpg) It can get quite lonely tinkering with peer review... ,_160906,_ako.jpg) With a bit of effort we can renovate the place to look like this! Update #1: the peer review volunteers list is changingThe list is here in case you've forgotten: WP:PRV. Kadane has kindly offered to create a bot that will ping editors on the volunteers list with unanswered reviews in their chosen subject areas every so often. You can choose the time interval by changing the "contact" parameter. Options are "never", "monthly", "quarterly", "halfyearly", and "annually". For example:
We can at this stage only use the broad peer review section titles to guide what reviews you'd like, but that's better than nothing! You can also set an interest in multiple separate subject areas that will be updated at different times. Update #2: a (lean) WikiProject Peer reviewI don't think we need a WikiProject with a giant bureaucracy nor all sorts of whiz-bang features. However over the last few years I've found there are times when it would have been useful to have a list of editors that would like to contribute to discussions about the peer review process (e.g. instructions, layout, automation, simplification etc.). Also, it can get kind of lonely on the talk page as I am (correct me if I'm wrong) the only regular contributor, with most editors moving on after 6 - 12 months. So, I've decided to create "WikiProject Peer review". If you'd like to contribute to the WikiProject, or make yourself available for future newsletters or contact, please add yourself to the list of members. Update #3: advertisingWe plan to do some advertising of peer review, to let editors know about it and how to volunteer to help, at a couple of different venues (Signpost, Village pump, Teahouse etc.) - but have been waiting until we get this bot + WikiProject set up so we have a way to help interested editors make more enduring contributions. So consider yourself forewarned! And... that's it! I wish you all well on your Wikivoyages, Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 11 August 2018 (UTC) August GOCE newsletter
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:25, 15 August 2018 (UTC) What exactly is it this time?
This! Thinker78 (talk) 21:10, 24 August 2018 (UTC) NoticeThe following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. Hi Miniapolis. I left the above to try to let you know in a humorous way that you are not being very nice. I asked a legitimate question and for some reason you replied the way you did, which left me feeling discouraged, saddened and disappointed. I will then proceed to remind you about Wikipedia:Civility and Wikipedia:No personal attacks. The fact that you say that I may be trolling seems to be a personal attack. What is personal attack? "Accusations about personal behavior that lack evidence. Serious accusations require serious evidence. Evidence often takes the form of diffs and links presented on wiki." FYI I have sometimes spent eight consecutive hours copyediting articles in the guild. The fact that you are an administrator concerns me. If you didn't have time to deal with my question you could have left a polite note like Reidgreg did, not writing what you did. A simple "Can't focus on instructions right now due to blitz" would have sufficed. Thinker78 (talk) 20:39, 25 August 2018 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The Signpost: 30 August 2018
Keep straight on – there are trolls in the hedgerows.
"Imagine a world in which every single human being is a Wikimedian. That's my commitment!"
WMF pays possible Orangemoody ring for user research, and ditches MediaWiki for publishing its own blog. Knife-edge closures at RfA.
But unfortunately its output is incompatible with open licensing.
Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?
Astronauts named Armstrong, babes of the Brits, Cortinarius caperatus and all that.
"Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".
Very high and very low hits; love and loss.
Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on 12 September; per-user page, namespace, and upload blocking; and miscellaneous new bots and tools.
Some of the best pictures of 2017.
Readers prefer the AI's version 40% of the time – but it still suffers from hallucinations.
Nothing funny about it.
Remind you of any Wikipedia articles?
The Wikipedia Plays. WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 12 Newsletter • August 2018
This month: WikiProject X: The resumption Work has resumed on WikiProject X and CollaborationKit, backed by a successfully funded Project Grant. For more information on the current status and planned work, please see this month's issue of the newsletter! |
