User talk:Ravenpuff/Archives/2019/November

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MOS:PERCENT says that the words are "commonly used"; it does not mandate that we use the words. —howcheng {chat} 03:18, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

@Howcheng:: It does so indeed, but I've always seen it as a recommendation at the very least, considering that it forms part of the MOS. Either way, I'm not too fussed about which style makes it into the OTD section; I understand that brevity is important in the hooks. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 15:12, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

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Hi! I'm curious why the article 1966 flood of the Arno is not eligible to be featured and was postponed. I apologize if it's something obvious, but I'm not really familiar with the enwp process; I was involved in uploading the UNESCO photographs so I'm trying to track how they're doing on Wikipedia :) --Alicia Fagerving (WMSE) (talk) 12:43, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

@Alicia Fagerving (WMSE): No worries! For a featured picture to appear on the Main Page, the associated article (bolded in the blurb) needs to be of decent quality to be eligible; this is why some FPs may take years to be scheduled for POTD, if at all. The 1966 flood of the Arno article, in particular, has one section tagged with {{more citations needed}}, which is almost always a disqualifying factor for an article to be bolded on the Main Page. In fact, if the picture is to be featured next year, the article needs to be in good shape by that time; if not, it may be delayed further or removed from the POTD queue for the time being – you could help improve the page in the meantime if you would like to see it featured. I hope this clarifies the situation adequately. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 13:30, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

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Your change in prep: There are two reasons, firstly that the structure article is more detailed and of higher quality (GA), secondly that I think there should be consistency between image and hook. I'll think about implementing the image there. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:29, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: I don't feel too strongly about which article to link, so feel free to modify it as you wish, but thanks for notifying me anyways. — RAVENPVFF · talk · 11:37, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, I'm partial, of course, having written one, but the GA symbol is less partial. Some day, I will make it FA, as promised (in 2013). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:54, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

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Things would be easier for everyone if you did these yourself. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:43, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

@Floquenbeam: Thanks for the suggestion. I've contemplated the mop a few times myself, but I'm not sure that I have enough "experience" on enwiki: I've only begun actively editing since last year; a recent RfA I skimmed through seemed to favour at least a few years of active experience. In any case, I'm also a little busy with personal matters at the moment, so it might not be opportune for me to deal with an RfA as well. That said, I would be glad if, perhaps, you would consider nominating or co-nominating me in the future – perhaps at least a couple years from now. Cheers! — RAVENPVFF · talk · 16:11, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

I'll admit I don't follow RFA closely enough to know what the current typical criteria are; I'm sure they're ridiculous, of course, but I don't know how ridiculous. When it seems like the time is right, I'd be happy to nom or co-nom (we can discuss then whether my on-wiki reputation at that time would be a benefit or drag you down). There's a page somewhere where you can get input from more RFA-savvy people about what your potential strengths and weaknesses are. If you don't know the page I'm talking about I can try to remember where it is. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:18, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

+1. You have a need for the mop, as you're the main support for PotD project, which needs to be able to respond to ERRORS. Unless you have a history I haven't seen of being a...<hrm>...an editor whose interactions with others is counterproductive to the collaborative process, I think you should just run an RfA. As Floq says, do a WP:ORCP. --valereee (talk) 21:22, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!

Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.

If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.

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--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)