User talk:Northamerica1000/Archive 52

This is an archive of past discussions with User:Northamerica1000. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Archive 45

←

Archive 50

DYK for Lemon Drop

On 26 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lemon Drop, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Lemon Drop cocktail (example pictured) was invented sometime in the 1970s at Henry Africa's, a fern bar in San Francisco, California? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lemon Drop. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:01, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Clementine cake

On 26 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Clementine cake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the origin of clementine cake may be roughly based upon an orange cake developed by the Sephardi Jews? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Clementine cake. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 17:56, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Brazil nut cake

On 27 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brazil nut cake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Brazil nut cake is common and popular in the Amazon region of Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brazil nut cake. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Wikiclaus Cheer !

		Wikiclaus greetings
		Michael Q. Schmidt ^talkback is wishing you the happiest of Wikipedia cheer from Wikiclaus himself. This message celebrates the holiday season, promotes WikiCheer, and hopefully makes your day just a little bit better. Choose to spread smiles, fellowship, and seasonal good cheer by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone with whom you had disagreements in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Share the good feelings and the happiest of holiday spirit from Wikiclaus.

Yo Ho Ho

Ϣere SpielChequers is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec15c}} to your friends' talk pages.

And the best of the season from me, too

Wishing you twelve nights and days of warmth, happiness and conviviality this Midwinter. Yngvadottir (talk)

Merry Christmas and happy new year

Merry Christmas and happy new year. (:

--Pine^✉

Season's Greetings

	Wishing you a ~~Charlie Brown~~ Charlie Russell Christmas! 🎄
	Best wishes for your Christmas Is all you get from me 'Cause I ain't no Santa Claus Don't own no Christmas tree. But if wishes was health and money I'd fill your buck-skin poke Your doctor would go hungry An' you never would be broke." —C.M. Russell, Christmas greeting 1914. Montanabw ^(talk)

Season's Greetings!!

Happy Holidays Northamerica!, I hope you like this Wiki-bauble. I see your username often while doing maintenance and wanted to show my appreciation. My very best wishes for 2016!!

This week's article for improvement (week 53, 2015)

File:Kissinger Man of the Year.jpg

Henry Kissinger was a Person of the Year when he was chosen as Time Person of the Year in 1972 along with with Richard Nixon.

Hello, Northamerica1000.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Person of the Year

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Hors d'oeuvre • Scandal

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:09, 28 December 2015 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

All the way North!

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hafspajen (talk • contribs) 12:18, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Yeah, that was me. Hafspajen (talk) 20:15, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

Have a Happy Holiday season and a great New Year! Garagepunk66 (talk) 23:31, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

2016

	Happy New Year 2016!
	Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unneccessary blisters. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:42, 30 December 2015 (UTC) –

@Cullen328: Great card! I don't know if you designed it or not, but I have created a template at {{Happy New Year elves}} so others can use it. Thanks and enjoy the upcoming New Year. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:30, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I assembled it more so than designing it, I think. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 21:01, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Cullen328: I keep track of stuff I've published, so I don't lose track. Aah, you created it. As such, I have credited and attributed your creation at my Contributions page (diff). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:06, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Cullen328: And also, your nice work is credited on the template's talk page (diff). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:48, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

I appreciate your diligence. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 07:59, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year Twenty Sixteen!

	Happy New Year 2016
	Wishing you a very prosperous and happy twenty sixteen, and continued collaboration on special projects.Nvvchar. 04:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)\|}

Gnu Ear Greetings

	Hopp(y) Gnu Ear
	Hoppy Gnu Ear to you! Hoppy Gnu Ear to you! Be Safe! 216.80.117.134 (talk) 07:22, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

2016 year of the reader and peace

Thank you for your wishes, returned with the peace bell by Yunshui! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:55, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Poepkop (talk) 14:12, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to user talk pages.

.

Have some cabbage too

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hafspajen (talk • contribs) 15:46, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Hafspajen: Nice image. I added an English language description to it at File:De groentemarkt Rijksmuseum SK-A-717.jpeg.

MM, that was good of you. Actually the file name is a bit .. Dutch too. Hafspajen (talk) 21:30, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Hafspajen: That's all right. At Commons, content does not have to be in English. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:32, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

whack is fixed.

Michael Q. Schmidt ^talkback is wishing you a Happy New Year! This message celebrates the season, promotes good cheer, and hopefully makes your day a little brighter. So please spread cheer by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be a good friend, someone with whom you had disagreements in the past, or just some random person.
(click for sound

@MichaelQSchmidt: I think you meant "wack", which is short for wacky. This isn't The Sopranos, you know. Ha! Happy New Year, Schmidt! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:12, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Personally, I prefer using a revolver to shoot articles into the drywall. Worked for Sherklock Holmes, after all...although it does annoy the neighbors.

Thanks very much for the kind words, and happy editing into 2016! --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 21:26, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Thanks, and hope 2016 brings you prosperity and happiness. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:29, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Tank

Ewe

Berry

Muff

I wish you the same. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 16:49, 31 December 2015 (UTC) |}

Sorry

Sorry about broken template. Yours, Quis separabit? 21:44, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Rms125a@hotmail.com: I've been adding </div> markup when I come across it, and also add {{clear}} after the </div>, so it doesn't cut into subsequent threads. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:46, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

@Rms125a@hotmail.com: Thanks for the message below. It had the same problem, missing the closing </div> markup. I fixed it, but please be careful about these types of matters. Thanks! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:51, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Quis separabit? 22:03, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Quis separabit? 21:48, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regards, Yamaguchi先生 (talk) 22:23, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to send this message

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 00:27, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to send this message

By the way, did you know that this edit was the last edit made in 2015, and this is the first edit of 2016? (Times in UTC, of course). —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 00:27, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Rubbish computer (Merry Christmas!: ...And a Happy New Year!) 01:08, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Et tu

Boldog üj evet! Si Trew (talk) 03:37, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

@SimonTrew: Thanks! Do you still have your Bachelor griller? North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:40, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Yes. Haven't used it for a few weeks as we have a gas cooker and stuff but the spit roast is really good on it. It was my only cooker for most of a year. Si Trew (talk) 03:53, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

@SimonTrew: I still want to get one of those...I like the hot plates atop it. Much better than a plain old toaster oven. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:55, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, the brand is Orion and they do other appliances here in Hungary, but have not seen them in the UK, though they are manufactured in the UK. This one came from Tesco but they sell into other large stores here, so I don;t think it is just a trade name/marque of Tesco. You do get a lot that are a combination oven but as you say the hobs on the top are the key difference. I took it apart about three months ago to give it a good degrease and the hobs and most of the components are just standard parts from China. I wanted to put a longer flex on it because the socket in our new house is farther away then the one in the background of the pic which is a British socket I installed in a Hungarian house (our other house is about half and half UK and EU sockets with the intention of not needing to use loads of adaptors – actually had the opposite effect of having half and half plugs and so without a doubt one would have the wrong socket/plug combination and had to use an adapter, although probability should suggest it would be an evens bet). Si Trew (talk) 04:01, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

@SimonTrew: You sound quite adept regarding electricity. Just don't electrocute yourself! Maybe the ultra-adapter at right would work out! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:06, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm a Member of the IET, what was the IEEE, so I am kinda all right to do a bit of electrics. Si Trew (talk) 04:09, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

I got a nice 3-gang made in China the other day that fits every socket known to man and has switches on each socket (whcih is unusual). The only thing is that it doesn't actually earth any earth from a Hungarian plug (which are on the circumference of the plug) – it works fine but you won't be earthed, which isn't entirely necessary because both live and neutrual run RCD to earth unlike int he UK where only live runs through the trip and neutral is not tripped; oh well, it is fine for devices that are not earthed. The one you picture looks like it could hurt you electrically, although the UK standard BS 1363 plug is VERY painful if you tread on one. Si Trew (talk) 04:14, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @SimonTrew: For what it's worth, I was almost a member of the Cosmic Charlie campaign circa the mid 1980s.

North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

You have hidden shallows. Si Trew (talk) 04:23, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

@SimonTrew: That 3-gang you mention sounds like it would be great for international travel. Regarding the CCC I mentioned as a bit of a joke, the campaign failed, but it was kind of a funny thing among Deadheads in Deadland back in the day (e.g. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:50, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

@SimonTrew: I wouldn't mind a link to the "3-gang that fits every socket known to man" that you mention above, if you could provide one. From a quick search in the U.S., prices vary wildly, from around USD $25 to $200 and more. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:43, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Savvyjack23 (talk) — is wishing you a Happy New Year! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the New Year cheer by adding {{subst:New Year 1}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Savvyjack23 (talk) 06:19, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

@Savvyjack23: Thanks, and here's to a productive and happy 2016. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:54, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 10:38, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. –Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 10:44, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Happy New Year!

	Happy Holidays!
	Hi, Northamerica1000! Have a happy and safe season, and a blessed new year! Holiday cheers, --Discographer (talk) 12:07, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000

Pratyya ^(Hello!) — is wishing you a Happy New Year! Welcome the 2016. Wishing you a happy and fruitful 2016 with good health and your wishes come true! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! May the 2016 go well for you.

Spread the New Year cheer by adding {{subst:User:Pratyya Ghosh/Happy New Year}} to their talk page with a Happy New Year message.

Happy New Year

	Happy New Year, Northamerica1000
	Thank you so much for my greeting! Wishing you peace, happiness and every good thing in this New Year 2016. ツ Fylbecatulous talk 13:12, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Miniapolis 18:01, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to send this message

Happy New Year, NorthAmerica1000

File:Happy new year! --) (6605281377).jpg	Happy New Year
	Wishing you good health and happiness in 2016. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:33, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

(Charles R. Knight, 1922)

Northamerica1000, I wish you and those dear to you
golden days of love and joy in a

Happy New Year 2016!

Best regards,
Sam Sailor ^Talk! 22:27, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Pass on!

Send this greeting by adding {{subst:User:Sam Sailor/Templates/HappyNewYear}} to user talk pages.

Automatic level-2 heading and auto-signing included.

(Unknown artist, Norway, 1916)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Donnie Park (talk) 02:20, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Apologies for being a bit late but Happy New Year as well. Donnie Park (talk) 02:20, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Northamerica1000: On the bright side, vandals had to work harder. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:32, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Northamerica1000!

Happy New Year!

Northamerica1000,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Gongshow talk 19:02, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year 2016}} to send this message

	Bang goes another year!
	Thanks for all your efforts in 2015 and looking forward to more good food in 2016. Andrew D. (talk) 00:35, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

G13 Eligibility Notice

The following pages will become eligible for CSD:G13 shortly.

Thanks, HasteurBot (talk) 03:00, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Waterstart

Hello! Your submission of Waterstart at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 12:48, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Moving Draft:CMOV

Hello. Recently you moved User:Partmedia/CMOV to Draft:CMOV; thanks for letting me know. I stopped working on this draft a long time ago but couldn't figure out how to delete it. CMOV is an extended x86 instruction and definitely does not deserve its own page (see X86_instruction_listings). It's no longer in my user space so I can't simply mark it for deletion, and I'm not sure how to proceed after reading Wikipedia:Drafts#Deleting_a_draft. —Preceding undated comment added 15:15, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

@Partmedia: Since you're the primary contributor of the content (my edits were just to move and format the entry), you can add {{Db-author}} atop the page to request speedy deletion per WP:G7. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:09, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

DYK for Carrot soup

On 30 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Carrot soup, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Carrot soup. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Allen3 ^talk 12:04, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2015 End of Year Report

Our 2015 End of Year Report is now ready for review.

Highlights:

Summary of Drives, Blitzes, and the Requests page;
New record lows in the article backlog and on the Requests page;
Coordinator election results;
Membership news;
Changes around the Guild's pages;
Plans for 2016.

– Your project coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis and Baffle gab1978.

To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by Jonesey95 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:42, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 January 2016

News and notes: The WMF's age of discontent

In the media: Impenetrable science; Jimmy Wales back in the UAE

Arbitration report: Catflap08 and Hijiri88 case been decided

Featured content: Featured menagerie

Recent research: Teaching Wikipedia, Does advertising the gender gap help or hurt Wikipedia?

WikiProject report: Try-ing to become informed - WikiProject Rugby League

Technology report: Tech news in brief

Last Week Tonight and the tobacco section

Northamerica, a few days ago I removed reaction to the reaction to the Tobacco segment on LWT. You re-inserted, citing balance. I posted a thorough argument on the talk page... would you please take a look, and, if you disagree, respond there? Thanks!Moishe Rosenbaum (talk) 01:06, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

@Moishe Rosenbaum: Thanks for the notice regarding your edits to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. I have copied the content you removed to the article talk page here, to provide context for the discussion. I may or may not comment further at the talk page thread. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:57, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks -- works for me. Much appreciated, and happy new year.Moishe Rosenbaum (talk) 00:35, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2016)

King Mswati III, the monarch of Swaziland, one of the Monarchies in Africa.

Hello, Northamerica1000.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Monarchies in Africa

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Person of the Year • Hors d'oeuvre

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 04:38, 4 January 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions

DYK for Beer jam

On 31 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Beer jam, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that beer jam (pictured) may be sweet or savory, and some have a syrupy consistency? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Beer jam. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:01, 31 December 2015 (UTC)

Edit warring at Miss World 2015

Your recent editing history at Miss World 2015 shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the article's talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in your being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you don't violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Dl2000 (talk) 23:12, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Tech News: 2016-02

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

Wikimedia no longer uses visitor statistics from comScore. [6]
You can make interactive graphs with the Graph extension. There is now a tutorial for how to do this. [7]

Problems

Some pages do not turn in up in categories where they should be. This is because link tables are sometimes not populated. [8]

Changes this week

The Nuke extension will work with Flow. This will make it easier to handle spam in Flow. [9]
New file uploads will now be patrollable. [10]
Internet Explorer 8 will no longer have JavaScript support. You will still be able to browse and edit Wikipedia if you use Internet Explorer 8, but will not be able to use some features. This can be solved by upgrading to a newer version or switching to a different browser. [11][12]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 12 January at 20:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

URLs in the recent changes IRC feed will no longer be rewritten to unencrypted HTTP. This could be a breaking change for bots dependent on the IRC feed. [13]
The edit tabs for the wikitext editor and the visual editor will be combined to one single edit tab. You will be able to choose which one you prefer. If you are not logged in, your choice will be saved as a cookie in your browser. You can test the single edit tab. [14][15]
There is a beta feature that adds links to the subject on other Wikimedia projects. This works much like the links to for example Wikipedia articles in other languages. It will go out of beta testing and be enabled for everyone in January. Wikis that don't want this can decide to have it disabled. [16][17]
The difference between "alerts" and "messages" notifications is unclear to some. The developers want feedback at the Phabricator task or on MediaWiki.org so they can make this better. You can give feedback in your language if you can't write in English.

Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

16:59, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for January 11

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Museum of Goa, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Curation. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:09, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Fixed. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:40, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Museum of Goa

Hello! Your submission of Museum of Goa at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:34, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

January 2016

Hello, I'm Legacypac. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, it's important to be mindful of the feelings of your fellow editors, who may be frustrated by certain types of interaction, such as your to reversions at List of classic rock songs. While you probably didn't intend any offense, please do remember that Wikipedia strives to be an inclusive atmosphere. In light of that, it would be greatly appreciated if you could moderate yourself so as not to offend. Thank you. Legacypac (talk) 13:33, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Thank you

For sending me such cheery messages. I still laugh about Chips and dip and how many people die during the superbowl playoffs double-dipping. The president of your fan club,

Bfpage |leave a message 01:38, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

@Bfpage: No double dipping ever! Anyway, thanks for the kind words, and hope your New Year is a great one. Keep in touch, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:05, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

G13 Eligibility Notice

The following pages will become eligible for CSD:G13 shortly.

Draft:Bhavesh Joshi

Thanks, HasteurBot (talk) 03:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

G13 Eligibility Notice

The following pages will become eligible for CSD:G13 shortly.

Draft:Shut Up Weirdo

Thanks, HasteurBot (talk) 03:00, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Northamerica1000 reported by User:Legacypac (Result: ). Thank you. Legacypac (talk) 13:40, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Introduction of Linkspam

I see you are an upstanding editor, so I AGF you are not aware of point 13 under WP:LINKNO because you just copy pasted general site links into a whole list of Miss Earth articles, a topic filled with dedicated promotional content and link building editors. Significant effort has gone into reducing the fancruft and Linkspam in these articles. Legacypac (talk) 10:37, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

@Legacypac: I added the official website to External link sections, which are directly related to the topic. LINKNO states in part that "sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject" should not be linked, but an official website is highly correlated. Adding official website links in articles is rather common practice on Wikipedia. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:43, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

The specific subject of the articles is the 2007 or whatever edition of the pageant, not Miss Earth generally. You will have a difficult time finding much detail about past pageants because the organization does not care to host that, they use Wikipedia for that. The fact you posted the exact same link about a dozen times should indicate these were determined to be different subjects. The presence of these general links incorrectly gives the appearance of sourcing to these pages. See below. Legacypac (talk) 11:06, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Sites that are only indirectly related to the article's subject: the link should be directly related to the subject of the article. A general site that has information about a variety of subjects should usually not be linked from an article on a more specific subject. Similarly, a website on a specific subject should usually not be linked from an article about a general subject. If a section of a general website is devoted to the subject of the article, and meets the other criteria for linking, then that part of the site could be deep linked.

@Legacypac: I don't view adding a single external link to an article for an official website as linkspam. I see what you're saying, but in this case, I view the addition of the link as beneficial to Wikipedia's readers. Also, said linkage is quite acceptable per WP:ELYES #1, "Wikipedia articles about any organization, person, website, or other entity should link to the subject's official site, if any." Now, if I were to add, say links from this search, that would be a different story. Ultimately, per WP:ELYES, adding an official website link is just not linkspam. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:14, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Wishing you a very happy and prosperous new year (tad bit delayed though, but better late than never) ! warm regards Devopam (talk) 02:19, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim White (2nd nomination)

Please see the comment. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:06, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Question

How was my rationale not valid? I've nominated a few articles with that rationale and everyone agreed with me. Its short and to the point. I think you made a mistake. Koala15 (talk) 16:59, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi @Koala15: The nomination you provided at the AfD discussion, "the list is trivial", is subjective, and essentially provides a WP:TRIVIAL and WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC rationale. For example, see the definition of "trivial" in Oxford Dictionary, "Of little value or importance." The nomination does not provide qualification for deletion per any of Wikipedia guidelines or policies (e.g. such as WP:NOT). Feel free to renominate the article using a valid rationale for deletion. WP:NOT has several rationales. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 17:46, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

It is a valid rationale, your just misunderstanding it. You closed it like I was a new editor or something. I've nominated plenty of articles for deletion and no one ever closed it like this. Koala15 (talk) 19:43, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

@Koala15: I disagree, per my rationale above. Perhaps you should renominate the article with a valid deletion rationale, such as WP:INDISCRIMINATE, which is part of the Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not policy page. This would be quite easy to perform, and would probably take only around a minute of your time. Also, your rationale was ambiguous, consisting of four words, so sure, it can be easily misinterpreted. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:47, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Everyone on here knows what i mean by "the list is trivial", I doubt it would have been misinterpreted. Koala15 (talk) 19:55, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

@Koala15: Consider using objective qualification describing why you perceive the list as trivial, rather than the subjectively-worded, open-ended statement you presented therein ("the list is trivial"). Seriously consider incorporating a guideline or policy in your rationale to further qualify it. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:47, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

N.b. User renominated on 10 January 2016 at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of The Late Late Show guests (2nd nomination). North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:50, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dissimulator (band)

Actually, I wanted to let you know you closed this before I was actually going to comment. SwisterTwister talk 06:21, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

It's delete for me. Drmies (talk) 06:22, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

@SwisterTwister and Drmies: I re-opened the discussion. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:27, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

You're a good person, NA1000. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 06:28, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

List of The Late Late Show guests

I've written to you previously about WP:NPASR, and on the surface this is another example, albeit a variation of the previously expressed concern. The fact that this one editor's deletion argument was insufficient is not a reason for either this editor or anyone else to feel that they should wait for six months before opening a new deletion discussion. In such a context, WP:NPASR allows and encourages editors to improve the quality of their deletion argument, and this is a path to improving the quality of AfD in general. I'll avoid expressing an opinion about this specific case, as you know specifics about this case and I don't know. Thanks, Unscintillating (talk) 17:30, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

I stated to the nominator that I had no problem with them renominating in a discussion above on this talk page. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:51, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
N.b. User acknowledged my reply above by thanking (available in Thanks log), so archiving. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:01, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Piff AFD

You have 6 comments in this AFD - that's a bit heavy handed. Let this be a democratic process and don't try to undermine all comments that don't agree with your perspective. In the greater scheme, the process is far more important than this article. The nave bar will stay at the bottom of the page as others comment. Wiki-psyc (talk) 00:25, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

There are no limitations in commentary at AfD discussions, nor should there be. Please keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a democracy. Otherwise, carry on, and happy editing. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:27, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.png

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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. --B-bot (talk) 18:49, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar

Thank you for spotting my signature not linking to anything!, Without your "eagle-eyedness" I would never have known so thank you it's very much appreciated,

I also wanted to thank you for your contributions here - I know this place has its ups & downs but personally I believe you make this place better I really do!,
Sorry waffling on , Thanks & Happy Editing, –Davey2010^Talk 15:04, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

@Davey2010: Thanks for the star, and feel free to waffle on here anytime. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:46, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Breakfast
Waffle on rabbit

No worries anytime :), Haha I've actually never tried waffles before but after seeing I suddenly have the urge to try them ...., I'm a weird individual lol –Davey2010^Talk 16:01, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

@Davey2010: Never had waffles, are you BS'ing me? Well, the way to go is with Belgian waffles, imo. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:05, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

They're not really a big thing in the UK and to be honest I've never thought about it, They look rather delicious tho, When I'm next shopping I'll get some –Davey2010^Talk 16:14, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

@Davey2010: Precooked frozen waffles are an easy way to go about it. If you can get it there, be sure to use real Maple syrup, and don't forget the butter! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:19, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 2, 2016)

Depictions of various deities on the entrance tower of Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of rain; Mariamman.

Hello, Northamerica1000.

The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection:

Deity

Please be bold and help to improve this article!

Previous selections: Monarchies in Africa • Person of the Year

Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations

Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:08, 11 January 2016 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • Opt-out instructions