User talk:Snowycats/Archives//2019/June
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Half of the pie for you!
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You'll have to take at least a quarter of this.  ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:38, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hi Snowycats, Yes the edit was correct. The person that the article is about has deemed those sections outdated, extraneous, and inapplicable. He would like it to be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.101.135.99 (talk) 00:41, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Children's Literature Newsletter April/May 2019
- Children's Literature April/May 2019
This newsletter sees us embark on a project drive around article creation of some medium, or higher, importance topics that are currently redlinks. Read more and consider joining the work.
- Newly Recognized Content
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- Awards in Red
MrLinkinPark333 recently pointed out that on some of our Top importance pages about Children's literature awards there are many redlinks. The three pages with these redlinks are Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, and Carnegie Medal (with 0 existing redlinks in the other top importance award article - Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award). As of this newsletter there are 222 redlinks in those three articles. How many can we as a project create over the next 6 weeks? Could we even do better and see if we could create any that earn a Did You Know or even get it up to Good Article status?
As always feel free to head on over to the project discussion page if you find yourself in need of any help as we work to turn these notable entries on some of our most important articles blue.
You are receiving this because you are listed as an active member of the Children's Literature WikiProject or have chosen to subscribe to the newsletter. If you would like to sign-up for just the newsletters or want to be an active member but not get the newsletters you can do that here.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:20, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Just to let you know that this was obvious copyvio and I've deleted it as such. Doug Weller talk 12:07, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
- @Doug Weller: Okay, thank you for the heads up! Snowycats (talk) 14:33, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Teahouse hosts
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Hello. Over at the Teahouse we're having a bit of a 'spring clean' by removing inactive entries from the list of Hosts that new users see. As you don't appear to have been very active there recently, your 'host profile' has been removed from the list. But please don't let that put you off contributing again in the future - either by signing back up as a Host to assist on regular basis, or just dropping in whenever you fancy helping out.
Thank you for all your past help and support for new users at the Teahouse. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:51, 9 June 2019 (UTC) "
Re: Draft: True & Livin'
Hi snowycats!
Thanks for the move on the draft page and the heads up. I was confused on how drafting new articles and using the soundbox works - think I now get it a little more! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.61.10.66 (talk) 17:08, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi snowycats!
Thanks for the comments you gave me on the draft page. I was confused on how drafting new articles and using the soundbox works - think I now get it a little more! So could you just go through my article once more and see if it is better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisamol (talk • contribs) 11:38, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| Great idea, the Cuba Wikiproject. I have a lot of material and can help in any way you need me. Simbagraphix (talk) 12:46, 18 June 2019 (UTC) |
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File source problem with File:Mom Season 5 DVD.jpeg
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Please withdraw the AFD you started. He is a former State Supreme Court Judge. So he easily passes WP:JUDGE....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:40, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
Continuing in the same track that William started above, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robbin Harms was posted with a boilerplate rationale only 24 seconds after your previous edit, and I suggest you withdraw. I also suggest that you refrain from drive-by nominations, be they uncontroversial via PROD or discussion-based via AFD. I'll be happy to offer advice the next time you think an article may not meet inclusion criteria. Sam Sailor 08:28, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019
Hello Snowycats/Archives//2019,
- WMF at work on NPP Improvements
More new features are being added to the feed, including the important red alert for previously deleted pages. This will only work if it is selected in your filters. Best is to 'select all'. Do take a moment to check out all the new features if you have not already done so. If anything is not working as it should, please let us know at NPR. There is now also a live queue of AfC submissions in the New Pages Feed. Feel free to review AfCs, but bear in mind that NPP is an official process and policy and is more important.
- QUALITY of REVIEWING
Articles are still not always being checked thoroughly enough. If you are not sure what to do, leave the article for a more experienced reviewer. Please be on the alert for any incongruities in patrolling and help your colleagues where possible; report patrollers and autopatrolled article creators who are ostensibly undeclared paid editors. The displayed ORES alerts offer a greater 'at-a-glance' overview, but the new challenges in detecting unwanted new content and sub-standard reviewing do not necessarily make patrolling any easier, nevertheless the work may have a renewed interest factor of a different kind. A vibrant community of reviewers is always ready to help at NPR.
- Backlog
The backlog is still far too high at between 7,000 and 8,000. Of around 700 user rights holders, 80% of the reviewing is being done by just TWO users. In the light of more and more subtle advertising and undeclared paid editing, New Page Reviewing is becoming more critical than ever.
- Move to draft
NPR is triage, it is not a clean up clinic. This move feature is not limited to bios so you may have to slightly re-edit the text in the template before you save the move. Anything that is not fit for mainspace but which might have some promise can be draftified - particularly very poor English and machine and other low quality translations.
- Notifying users
Remember to use the message feature if you are just tagging an article for maintenance rather than deletion. Otherwise articles are likely to remain perma-tagged. Many creators are SPA and have no intention of returning to Wikipedia. Use the feature too for leaving a friendly note note for the author of a first article you found well made or interesting. Many have told us they find such comments particularly welcoming and encouraging.
- PERM
Admins are now taking advantage of the new time-limited user rights feature. If you have recently been accorded NPR, do check your user rights to see if this affects you. Depending on your user account preferences, you may receive automated notifications of your rights changes. Requests for permissions are not mini-RfAs. Helpful comments are welcome if absolutely necessary, but the bot does a lot of the work and the final decision is reserved for admins who do thorough research anyway.
- Other news
School and academic holidays will begin soon in various places around the Western world. Be on the lookout for the usual increase in hoax, attack, and other junk pages.
Our next newsletter might be announcing details of a possible election for co-ordinators of NPR. If you think you have what it takes to micro manage NPR, take a look at New Page Review Coordinators - it's a job that requires a lot of time and dedication.
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