User talk:The wub/archive38

hello

Thanks for getting in touch. Very glad you liked the userbox ! Have sent you a LinkedIn invitation. Ekphraster (talk) 09:52, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

On-wiki documentation fellowship

Good luck with your fellowship! Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 20:36, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Sumana! the wub "?!" 15:08, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Stories Project

Hi!

My name is Victor and I'm a storyteller with the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that supports Wikipedia. I'm chronicling the inspiring stories of the Wikipedia community around the world, including those from readers, editors, and donors. Stories are absolutely essential for any non-profit to persuade people to support the cause, and we know the vast network of people who make and use Wikipedia have so much to share.

I'd very much like the opportunity to interview you to tell your story, with the possibility of using it in our materials, on our community websites, or as part of this year’s fundraiser to encourage others to support Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're inclined to take part in the Wikipedia Stories Project.

Thank you for your time,

Victor Grigas

user:Victorgrigas

vgrigas@wikimedia.org

Victor Grigas (talk) 22:00, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse talkback: you've got messages!

Hello, The wub/archive38. Your question has been answered at the Teahouse Q&A board. Feel free to reply there!
Please note that all old questions are archived after 2-3 days of inactivity. Message added by Sarah (talk) 15:53, 27 April 2012 (UTC). (You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{teahouse talkback}} template).

Article Feedback Tool office hours

Hey The wub/archive38; just a quick note to let you know that we'll be holding an Office Hours session at 18:00 UTC (don't worry, I got the time right ;p) on 4th May in #wikimedia-office. This is to show off the almost-finished feedback page and prep it for a more public release; I'm incredibly happy to have got to this point :). Hope to see you there! Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 04:01, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!!!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		message for your help yesterday on that encrypted userpage.Deathlaser :  Chat  16:13, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

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meta:Meetup/Cambridge/15

Any chance you could confirm one way or the other?©Geni 15:28, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi The wub, I've taken your advice and gone for a more low-key location: [1]. Cheers, JN466 06:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Oh, nice work digging out all the relevant bits of the Act there. I'm looking forward to seeing the legal eagles' opinions on this too. the wub "?!" 14:15, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

We may be in for a long (and quite possibly infinite) wait. [2] --JN466 06:18, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

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Help Project newsletter : Issue 1

The Help Project Newsletter Issue I - May 2012
Project news the wub has been appointed as a Wikimedia Community Fellow to lead a data-driven improvement of the English Wikipedia's help documentation, and will be working closely with the Help Project. You can read more about his plans at Wikipedia:Help Project/Community fellowship or in this Signpost article, and he has just released a first report on progress so far. The project's pages have had a major redesign, introducing tabs in order to make them more usable. If you haven't stopped by recently then check them out! A table of statistics is now available for all pages in Category:WikiProject Help Project, this includes page views, word counts and a variety of readability scores. This should be helpful in prioritising improvement work and finding redundant pages. {{Breadcrumb2}} is a new template for making attractive navigational breadcrumbs. This may be useful for linking help pages. This newsletter was started :-)	From the editor Hi, and welcome to the first issue of the Help Project newsletter! This is a new monthly initiative to keep project members and the wider community informed about our work to improve Wikipedia's help pages. Any comments or suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. I've initially sent this to all existing members of the project, if you don't wish to receive the newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name. Conversely if you've just stumbled on this newsletter (perhaps through talk page stalking) and want to receive it in future then please feel free to sign up! the wub "?!" 16:16, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
Tasks Help:Diff needs to be updated for the new diff styles.

Wow - haven't seen all the improvements yet, but you've been busy :) I like what I've seen so far, I guess you've been to the deepest darkest depths of the help pages by now! Each iteration helps improve them - hopefully this incarnation cracks the task in hand! All the best, will chip in soon... Lee∴V (talk • contribs) 10:15, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Help Project

Great start! & All the best! AshLin (talk) 16:57, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks AshLin, glad to hear you like it! the wub "?!" 17:35, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Glad to see that someone is taking this task on! It is a task I have no envy for - and it is frustrating trying to find quality help in any form. I have even found it comical and wondered why when in desperation and exasperation you search for "Wikipedia for dummies" ( and even type in expletives seeking help ) - you end up with just more Wikiness. I have written an Ironic take on the issue Here!

Not sure where any of my skill sets would fit into the mammoth task... but If I can help, Hollar! And , I would love to see the stats on some of the search terms people use looking for help. Media-Hound 'D 3rd P^) (talk) 22:53, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Collaboration to improve help pages

Hi ! I've offered to help you helping help pages help Wikipedia users. This is a notice in case you haven't seen my message at Wikipedia talk:Help Project/Community fellowship. Cheers, Dodoïste (talk) 15:46, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool, Version 5

Hey all :)

Just a quick update on what we've been working on:

• The centralised feedback page is now live! Feel free to use it and all other feedback pages; there's no prohibition on playing around, dealing with the comments or letting others know about it, although the full release comes much later. Let me know if you find any bugs; we know it's a bit odd in Monobook, but that should be fixed in our deployment this week.
• On Thursday, 7th June we'll be holding an office hours session at 20:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. We'll be discussing all the latest developments, as well as what's coming up next; hope to see you all there!
• Those of you who hand-coded feedback; I believe I contacted you all about t-shirts. If I didn't, drop me a line and I'll get it sorted out :).

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:55, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

18 USC 2257 record-keeping requirements: Update

I am pleased to report that the WMF legal team have now put a provisional page on age record requirements for sexually explicit media up on Meta: [3]. Thanks again for your advice at the meet-up. Meta was much the better place to post this. Regards, --JN466 21:00, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. It's nice to have what looks like a pretty thorough analysis of the situation - I'll take a closer look when I've more time. the wub "?!" 21:55, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Four

Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter for the Teahouse!

• Teahouse pilot wraps up after 13 weeks After being piloted on English Wikipedia starting in February, the Teahouse wrapped up its pilot period on May 27, 2012. We expect this is just the beginning for the Teahouse and hope the project will continue to grow in the months to come!

Thank you and congratulations to all of the community members who participated - and continue to participate!

• What you've all been waiting for: Teahouse Pilot Report is released! We look forward to your feedback on the methodology and outcomes of this pilot project.
• ....and if a pilot report wasn't enough, the Teahouse Pilot Metrics Report is out too! Dive into the numbers and survey results to learn about the impact the Teahouse has made on English Wikipedia.
• Teahouse shows positive impact on new editor retention and engagement

• 409 new editors participated during the entire pilot period, with about 40 new editors participating in the Teahouse per week.
• Two weeks after participating, 33% of Teahouse guests are still active on Wikipedia, as opposed to 11% of a similar control group.
• New editors who participated in the Teahouse edit 10x the number of articles, make 7x more global edits, and 2x as much of their content survives on Wikipedia compared to the control group.

• Women participate in the Teahouse 28% of Teahouse participants were women, up from 9% of editors on Wikipedia in general, good news for this project which aimed to have impact on the gender gap too - but still lots to be done here!
• New opportunities await for the Teahouse in phase two as the Teahouse team and Wikipedia community examine ways to improve, scale, and sustain the project. Opportunities for future work include:

• Automating or semi-automating systems such as invites, metrics and archiving
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• Building out the social and peer-to-peer aspects further, including exploring ways to make answering questions easier, creating more ways for new editors to help each other and for all participants to acknowledge each other's efforts
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Survey

Survey completed Irondome (talk) 23:06, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks very much! the wub "?!" 10:21, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

AFT5 release coming up - help us design a banner!

Hey all :). First-off, thanks to everyone for all their help so far; we're coming up to a much wider deployment :). Starting at the end of this month, and scaling up until 3 July, AFT5 will begin appearing on 10 percent of articles. For this release we plan on sending out a CentralNotice that every editor will see - and for this, we need your help :). We've got plans, we know how long it's going to run for, where it's going to run...but not what it says. If you've got ideas for banners, give this page a read and submit your suggestion! Many thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:30, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

meet

Hi, new editor. Plan on getting to the London meeting. Noticed my name and talk page are red when I added. Is meta wiki something different? Sorry, very new :/ Irondome (talk) 07:33, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Hi Irondome. Wikipedia exists in many languages other than English, and also has a number of sister projects such as Wiktionary and Wikisource. Meta-Wiki is a central site for coordinating things relevant to all these communities, such as real-life meetups. You can create a different userpage there, even if it's just a link to your page on the English Wikipedia. Look forward to seeing you at the meetup! the wub "?!" 14:10, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:ThereIsALight.ogg

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:ThereIsALight.ogg. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

WP:Community portal is in a sad state

Hey Pete, wanted to point you to this discussion I started on the talk page of the Community portal. It's a big mess right now, and I'd like to improve it somehow. As a first step, I'm trying to solicit some feedback on what other folks actually use that page for, and what they'd like to see on it in the future. Since you're the expert on help page redesign, your input on this would be invaluable :) I'm particularly interested in which parts of the page overlap with or are direct copies of other help/intro/getting started pages, and which parts link to hopelessly outdated material.

I think this could go in a lot of different directions – a better task/collaboration recommendation space, a featured author/collaboration space, an actual community portal that can take you to the half-dozen pages a Wikipedian would actually need... but for now I'd just like to figure out how people are currently using what's there, and which parts should probably be removed regardless of any utopian redesign efforts. Huge thanks in advance for your assistance! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 18:13, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Replied there. I'll ping the Help Project people too. the wub "?!" 21:19, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

You are awesome; thank you so much! Interesting to see from your Teahouse question coding that my newbie intuition was representative of other newbies, too – that it would be nice to have a central place to find stuff to do/get involved in. Maybe one day in the not too distant future, the Community portal will be that place... :) Maryana (WMF) (talk) 21:58, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Help Project newsletter : Issue 2

The Help Project Newsletter Issue II - June 2012
Project news Progress on the help redesign fellowship continues apace. In-person usability testing is due to start next week, watch this space for results! A large survey about help pages was conducted. Responses are still coming in, but preliminary results are available. A new gadget has been proposed to make it easier for new- and non-editors to leave feedback about help pages. Please test it and leave your thoughts. In somewhat-related-project-news: the Teahouse has wrapped up its pilot phase with an extensive report. Planning and discussion is underway for phase 2. A discussion is taking place about the purpose and future of the venerable Community portal.	From the editor Hello from the Help Project, and welcome to the second issue of our newsletter! The biggest project I've been working on this month has been a large survey of users to find out what they think of our current help pages. Preliminary results from this are now available, although there are more responses trickling in from the lower edit count groups since a batch of email invitations were recently sent out. Finalised results and further analysis should be posted next week. Any comments or suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name. the wub "?!" 18:33, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Tasks Calling all CSS and template gurus: Help:Diff and {{wiki diff}} need to be updated to match the new MediaWiki diff styles. Why not wander through the lower reaches of Wikipedia:Help Project/page statistics and see if there are pages that can be cleaned up or merged.