User talk:Skr15081997/Archive 7
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A barnstar for you!
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| For Ajay Devgn filmography's FLC success. Good job! ** Pavan Jandhyala ** 09:50, 22 May 2017 (UTC) |
- Thanks for the barnstar Pavan. --Skr15081997 (talk) 10:25, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
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DYK for Pinoy Capital
On 1 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pinoy Capital, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to the 2009 book Pinoy Capital, a significant number of Filipino Americans in Daly City, California, preferred to be identified as Filipinos? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pinoy Capital. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Pinoy Capital), 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) 00:33, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
Matthew Mancinelli page is relevant to viewers
Matthew Mancinelli the CEO of 4KUniverse and Mance Media, needs to have his own page because it lets viewers really understand who he is and how 4KUniverse and Mance Media is growing at a fast pace. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Washingtonamy (talk • contribs) 21:20, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
Keep Matthew Mancinelli Page
The page Matthew Mancinelli is relevant to viewers because it shares information about the future of 4K in the film and the television industry. Currently, I am doing a research project on how fast 4K, Ultra HD, is growing and I find learning about Matthew Mancinelli and how he began his career very fascinating. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nolanfan9 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
Importance of Matthew Manicinelli PAGE
I don't like to just read facts... learning more information of where Matthew Mancinelli, owner/boss, grew up and went school, helps me understand more about his business. A self starter man who started Mance Media is very interesting to me because I also have dreams of owning my own film company as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralphminnesota (talk • contribs) 21:33, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Jefferson Elementary School District
On 12 June 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jefferson Elementary School District, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Jefferson Elementary School District started with a one-room building constructed in 1856? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jefferson Elementary School District. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Jefferson Elementary School District), 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.
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
The article Tapas Mandal has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.
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Notice of noticeboard discussion
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding over-categorisation. The thread is "Mass cat-a-lot reversion of User:Skr15081997 required". Thank you. Optimist on the run (talk) 14:58, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
MP categories
Why are you adding the parent category Category:21st-century British politicians to articles which have the category Category:UK MPs 2015–17? Is there any policy, or has there been any discussion, to support what looks like over-categorisation? Or have I missed something? PamD 07:49, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
- @PamD: This isn't over-categorisation, all those MPs are indeed properly categorised. There's no harm in categorising them by century. For instance, see Category:20th-century American politicians. --Skr15081997 (talk) 07:53, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
- But as Category:UK MPs 2015–17 is a child category of Category:21st-century British politicians, as I understand it this goes against "
if a page belongs to a subcategory of C (or a subcategory of a subcategory of C, and so on) then it is not normally placed directly into C.
", at Wikipedia:Categorization#Categorizing_pages. Why do you think this should be an exception? We could just as well also put them into Category:21st-century British people or Category:British politicians, but we don't. PamD 08:11, 29 June 2017 (UTC)- @PamD:, I see no harm in categorising politician articles by century and if the article has the Category:21st-century British politicians then Category:21st-century British people and Category:British politicians are not needed since both the "British politician" and 21st-century British people" have been included in Category:21st-century British politicians. --Skr15081997 (talk) 08:40, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
- Agree with PamD (talk · contribs) - unless this has been previously agreed elsewhere, this goes against categorisation guidlines. Optimist on the run (talk) 09:20, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
- I agree too. Can you undo this please? DrKay (talk) 15:51, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
- @PamD:, I see no harm in categorising politician articles by century and if the article has the Category:21st-century British politicians then Category:21st-century British people and Category:British politicians are not needed since both the "British politician" and 21st-century British people" have been included in Category:21st-century British politicians. --Skr15081997 (talk) 08:40, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
- But as Category:UK MPs 2015–17 is a child category of Category:21st-century British politicians, as I understand it this goes against "
Skr, this clearly contravenes the long-established guidance at WP:SUBCAT. Please revert your edits; if you don't do it yourself, others will do it for you, and you risk being blocked for disruption. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:02, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
WikiCup 2017 July newsletter
The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.
Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.
As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).
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My sixth attempt at a film accolades list for FLC. I have nominated the list here. Feel free to leave comments. 
— Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:02, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
I have also listed M. G. Ramachandran filmography for Peer Review here. Feel free to leave comments there as well. Thank you. — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:09, 2 July 2017 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Envisioning Asia
Hello! Your submission of Envisioning Asia 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! BlueMoonset (talk) 16:01, 26 May 2017 (UTC)
- Skr15081997, there was a further comment after your most recent post there; there are also several paragraphs in the article that are still uncited. Please return right away if you wish to continue pursuing this nomination. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:43, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
- Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 20:04, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
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- Please see new note on your DYK nomination. Yoninah (talk) 20:04, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
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This is my fourth attempt at a featured list. Feel free to leave comments if any. :) Pavanjandhyala (talk) 18:38, 15 July 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Disinformation (book)
| On 27 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Disinformation (book), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the 2013 book Disinformation was included in the CIA's "Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Disinformation (book). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 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. |
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Speedy deletion nomination of Virendra Singh (Bhadohi)
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Third highest-selling
Hi there, re: this, might I please trouble you to please be more specific about the sales accomplishment? Surely it wasn't the third highest-selling album in the world, was it? If not, more specifics would be appreciated. Third highest-selling album in India? Third highest-selling Hindi-language album in India? I don't know how we can determine what the achievement was when the source fails to indicate any of that info. Unless there's another source that's clearer, it would probably be wiser to cut the content than make guesses as to what they are trying to communicate. Indian journalism fail, perhaps. Thanks and regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 05:00, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
- Hello Cyphoidbomb, BOI must have listed them as highest-selling in terms of sales in India, but you have a valid point; since they haven't stated any criteria explicitly I agree to your view. Thanks for pointing it out. --Skr15081997 (talk) 12:52, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
- Much obliged, thank you. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:22, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
Ah Toy
Hi, Skr15081997. Some time ago you mentioned that "A search for "Ah Toy" at Newspapers.com gives a good deal of results. I can create some clippings". So could I ask you to create some clippings? --Алый Король (talk) 02:46, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
- Алый Король, a search for "Ah Toy" at Newspapers.com does yield a good deal of results but almost all of them are for a Chinese man named Ah Toy and his court trials. I will have to dig deeper for relevant results. By the way, this article can be helpful to you. I searched Google Books and there are several relevant results. Once I find some news sources on her, I will post them at WP:RX. Regards, --Skr15081997 (talk) 11:01, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
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Hello, Skr15081997, it has been a while. How are things with you? I have nominated this list for FLC and would certainly appreciate your comments here. — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 13:13, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
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Comment on Tongo Tongo ambush DYK nomination
Hello - I want to make sure you are aware of a comment I left at Template:Did you know nominations/Tongo Tongo ambush. Thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia a valuable resource. KConWiki (talk) 02:45, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
Articles
Hi, can you had your entries to the main page at the bottom as well? cheers.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:14, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results
The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:
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Adityavagarwal (submissions) - Second Place -
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Cas Liber (submissions)
In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:
- Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
- Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
- Featured List –
Bloom6132 (submissions) and 
1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2 - Featured Pictures –
SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year. - Featured Topic –
MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3. - Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
- Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
- In The News – MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
- Good Article Review – Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.
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Main list
Hi, can you remember to add your entries on the main page too, cheers ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:56, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- User:Dr. Blofeld, I tried but there was an edit conflict. Is it necessary, that articles are listed on the main page once they are created? I prefer adding several of them at once. Regards, --Skr15081997 (talk) 14:00, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- The day they're created as I need to chart daily creations, whatever is done in one day you can add at once.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:39, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for your clarification Dr. Blofeld. I will add them this evening. BTW, what do you think about the overall quality of my articles. Has it improved since the 2014 Stub Contest? Cheers, --Skr15081997 (talk) 14:46, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- As long as the entries submitted are minimum 1 kb that's fine!♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:07, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
- The day they're created as I need to chart daily creations, whatever is done in one day you can add at once.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:39, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
DYK nomination of Rama Pilot
Hello! Your submission of Rama Pilot 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! Yoninah (talk) 11:44, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
The page doean't contain basic biography, so it's rather a stub. If you know she was Native, why don't you write it? Xx236 (talk) 09:29, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
WikiCup 2018
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DYK for Rama Pilot
On 21 November 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rama Pilot, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rama Pilot and Vijaya Kumari Ganti, both became members of the 13th Lok Sabha after winning by-elections prompted by the death of their respective husbands? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rama Pilot. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rama Pilot), 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, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Vijaya Kumari Ganti
On 21 November 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Vijaya Kumari Ganti, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rama Pilot and Vijaya Kumari Ganti, both became members of the 13th Lok Sabha after winning by-elections prompted by the death of their respective husbands? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Vijaya Kumari Ganti), 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, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
WiR December highlights
  
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Ways to improve List of British films of 2016
Hi, I'm Jamez42. Skr15081997, thanks for creating List of British films of 2016!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Expand content per last year's list
The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, you can leave a comment on my talk page. Or, for more editing help, talk to the volunteers at the Teahouse.
Jamez42 (talk) 06:26, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
Do you mean this college?Xx236 (talk) 09:41, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
- Xx236, Not at all, she studied at Shri Shivaji College of Education in Amravati (see here) and Parbhani is more than 250km away from Amravati. They are different colleges. --Skr15081997 (talk) 09:45, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
New Page Reviewing
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I notice that you have the "administrator someday" userbox. Reviewing new pages is one of the best ways to develop experience needed to successfully wield the mop. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 10:45, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
DYK for Mishkat al-Mumin
On 29 November 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mishkat al-Mumin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Mishkat al-Mumin's advocacy for women's rights angered jihadist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mishkat al-Mumin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mishkat al-Mumin), 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.
Vanamonde (talk) 00:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Train-the-Trainer 2018: Invitation to participate
Hello, it gives us great pleasure to inform that the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2018 programme organised by CIS-A2K is going to be held from 26–28 January 2018.
- What is TTT?
- Train the Trainer or TTT is a residential training program. The program attempts to groom leadership skills among the Indian Wikimedia community members. Earlier TTT have been conducted in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
- Who should join?
- An editor who is interested to conduct real-life and online Wiki-events such as outreach, workshop, GLAM, edit-a-thon, photowalk etc.
- Any active Wikimedian contributing to any Indic language Wikimedia project is eligible to apply.
- An editor must have 500+ edits before 1 November 2017.
- Anyone who have already participated in an earlier iteration of TTT, can not apply.
Please see more about this program at: CIS-A2K/Events/Train the Trainer Program/2018. Please fill this form to show your interest to join. The last date of signing up is 7 December 2017. If you have any question, please let us know.
On behalf of Titodutta. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 11:18, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi. We're into the last five days of the Women in Red World Contest. There's a new bonus prize of $200 worth of books of your choice to win for creating the most new women biographies between 0:00 on the 26th and 23:59 on 30th November. If you've been contributing to the contest, thank you for your support, we've produced over 2000 articles. If you haven't contributed yet, we would appreciate you taking the time to add entries to our articles achievements list by the end of the month. Thank you, and if participating, good luck with the finale!
Can you update the main list? Hoping to crack 3700 articles in total by the end of the day for WIR so the sooner the entries are listed the more people might believe we can do it :-).♦ Dr. Blofeld 15:15, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Canadian biographies
Hi, Skr15081997! I saw you wrote some Canadian biographies for the WIR Contest. If you'd like, you can also submit these to The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Please use this link for convenience. Thanks for all your work on the contest! – Reidgreg (talk) 12:01, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
How to work with Transfer Wise? Comment
The TransferWise website asks for me to pay and receive money but I don't have the need to pay for anybody rather I have to receive prize gift. How can I operate it? Abishe (talk) 13:52, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
- Abishe, you don't have to send money. Dr. Blofeld will fill up the amount and your bank details. When the payment gets through the amount will be reflected in your bank account. --Skr15081997 (talk) 13:55, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for clearing my doubts but did Dr. Blofeld recognise it and I want to know do I want to have a unique TransferWise account for myself? Or he needs any personal details of mine. These problems have been raised due to my geographical location. Sorry for these disturbances. Abishe (talk) 14:00, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
- You need not create an account there. If Dr. Blofeld wishes to send the money via TransferWise, it will require him to load the amount and enter the recipient's (yours in this case) bank details like account holder's name, Bank's name, account number etc. When the payment is successful the amount will be reflected in your bank statement. --Skr15081997 (talk) 14:04, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
ArbCom 2017 election voter message
Hello, Skr15081997. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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An exceptional barnstar for you
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| Congratulations for finishing in 5th place in the Women in Red World Contest!! -♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC) |
Thankyou so much for the hard work! I make it $125 that you've won. Please double check. If you would like to donate any of your winnings in the Women in Red Book Fund to raise money to buy books for editors of women topics who need the books on demand please add your name and the amount you'd like to donate in the sub section below the prize winners on the main contest page.♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Backlog update:
- The new page backlog is currently at 12713 pages. Please consider reviewing even just a few pages each day! If everyone helps out, it will really put a dent in the backlog.
- Currently the backlog stretches back to March and some pages in the backlog have passed the 90 day Google index point. Please consider reviewing some of them!
Outreach and Invitations:
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{{subst:NPR invite}}. Adding more qualified reviewers will help with keeping the backlog manageable.
New Year New Page Review Drive
- A backlog drive is planned for the start of the year, beginning on January 1st and running until the end of the month. Unique prizes will be given in tiers for both the total number of reviews made, as well as the longest 'streak' maintained.
- Note: quality reviewing is extremely important, please do not sacrifice quality for quantity.
General project update:
- ACTRIAL has resulted in a significant increase in the quality of new submissions, with noticeably fewer CSD, PROD, and BLPPROD candidates in the new page feed. However, the majority of the backlog still dates back to before ACTRIAL started, so consider reviewing articles from the middle or back of the backlog.
- The NPP Browser can help you quickly find articles with topics that you prefer to review from within the backlog.
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Books and Bytes - Issue 25
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Books & Bytes
Issue 25, October – November 2017
- OAWiki & #1Lib1Ref
- User Group update
- Global branches update
- Spotlight: Research libraries and Wikimedia
- Bytes in brief
Arabic, Korean and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
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Contest Prize
Please email me and state your user name, email address and how much I owe you in your preferred currency.♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:01, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to all!
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Croatian villages
Hello, thank you for creating s many pages on Croatian villages today. I've been working on them as well! But could you add the other languages they are on? If you do not know how, that's fine, just ask someone like an admin to help you. --Seacactus 13 (talk) 16:40, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red!
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New Years new page backlog drive
Announcing the NPP New Year Backlog Drive!
We have done amazing work so far in December to reduce the New Pages Feed backlog by over 3000 articles! Now is the time to capitalise on our momentum and help eliminate the backlog!
The backlog drive will begin on January 1st and run until January 29th. Prize tiers and other info can be found HERE.
Awards will be given in tiers in two categories:
- The total number of reviews completed for the month.
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NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.
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May all your endeavours have a fruitful beginning and prosperous ending! — Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 10:00, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India)
Greetings,
It is being planned to organize Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. For more information and link to survey form, please visit Talk:Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
ITN recognition for Doodhnath Singh
On 15 January 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Doodhnath Singh, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 22:31, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
The article From Victoria to Vladivostok has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
No indication or evidence of Wikipedia:Notability (books).
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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. PKT(alk) 19:17, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
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Books and Bytes - Issue 26
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Issue 26, December – January 2018
- #1Lib1Ref
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- Spotlight: What can we glean from OCLC’s experience with library staff learning Wikipedia?
- Bytes in brief
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New Page Reviewer Newsletter
Backlog update:
- The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
- We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!
New Year Backlog Drive results:
- We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!
General project update:
- ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
- Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.
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Supporting Indian Wikipedia Program resource distribution
In 2017 - 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India chapter (WMIN) and user groups will pilot a program encouraging Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program (Code name: Project Tiger) will:
- (a) Support active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and
- (b) Sponsor a language-based contest that aims to address existing Wikipedia content gaps.
The objective of the program is to provide laptops and internet stipends for existing editors who need support to contribute more actively. 50 basic model Acer Chromebooks and Internet stipends for 100 contributors are available for distribution. Provided resources are the sole property of the beneficiaries and should be used for the betterment of the movement.
If you're an active Wikimedian, and interested to receive support from this project, please apply. It will take around 10 minutes of your time, and will ask descriptive questions about your contribution to Indic Wikimedia projects.
- Apply at: Supporting Indian Language Wikipedias Program#Apply for support
- Last date for submitting applications is 11th February 2018, 11:59 IST.
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Sheila Kaul
Hi, why did you remove this? She appears to have been a member of the UP Legislative Council, among other things. - Sitush (talk) 14:13, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
In fact, quite a few of your recent AWB edits appear to be somewhat dodgy, eg: this. - Sitush (talk) 14:14, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
- Ah, is it because they are overcats? It might help if you could explain in the edit summaries. - Sitush (talk) 14:16, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Sitush, both of these articles are already covered by subcategories of Category:Uttar Pradesh politicians, so I removed the category per WP:SUBCAT. Thanks for pointing it out, I will make it clear in the edit summary itself. --Skr15081997 (talk) 14:23, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 14:24, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Sitush, both of these articles are already covered by subcategories of Category:Uttar Pradesh politicians, so I removed the category per WP:SUBCAT. Thanks for pointing it out, I will make it clear in the edit summary itself. --Skr15081997 (talk) 14:23, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Women's History Month 2018 at Women in Red
 
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