User talk:Adityavagarwal/Archives/2017/December
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Adityavagarwal, you indicated on October 30 that you were taking over this review, yet you have not posted to it since. If you still plan to take it over, please let me know and/or start working on it over the next few days. (If you don't, then definitely let me know, and I'll put it back into the pool for a new reviewer; it's currently older than the oldest unreviewed nomination, so it shouldn't have to wait too terribly long for another reviewer to select it.) Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:02, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
- BlueMoonset I apologize. I forgot about it. Let us get it done! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 16:04, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
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What's Next (WAM)
Congratulations! The Wikipedia Asian Month is has ended and you've done amazing work of organizing. What we've got and what's next?
- Here are some number I would like to share with you
- Total submitted: 7429 articles; 694 users
- Here are what will come after the end of WAM
- Make sure you judge all articles before December 12th, and participants who can improve their contribution (not submit) before December 10th.
- Once you finish the judging, please update this page after December 12th
- There will be three round of address collection scheduled: December 15th, December 20th, and December 25th.
- Please report the local Wikipedia Asian Ambassador (who has most accepted articles) on this page, if the 2nd participants have more than 30 accepted articles, you will have two ambassadors.
- There will be a progress page for the postcards.
If you no longer want to receive the WAM organizer message, you can remove your username at this page.
Best Wishes,
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2017 Military Historian of the Year and Newcomer of the Year nominations and voting
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Request
I have submitted articles named State Bank of Pakistan Museum & Art Gallery, Archaeological Museum Umerkot and Archaeological Museum Banbhore to Wikipedia Asian Month. Now here is a problem that I have changed my username wisalahmad523 > Wisal Ahmad. So please merge all my submitted articles to Wisal Ahmad. Thanks! Wisal Ahmad (talk) 06:51, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer Newsletter
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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:
- If you know other editors with a good understanding of Wikipedia policy, invite them to join NPP by dropping the invitation template on their talk page with:
{{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.
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Hi request your comment on the Request for Move at Talk:Simplifly Deccan. Thanks Trinidade (talk) 14:03, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
The Signpost: 18 December 2017
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User group for Military Historians
Greetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
Happy holidays!
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Happy Holidays!
Hello Adityavagarwal! Hope you have a great Christmas, New Year, or whatever you celebrate! RileyBugz会話投稿記録 23:37, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas |
Hoping you stay warm and have lots of good times and good food this holiday season! White Arabian Filly Neigh 22:06, 17 December 2017 (UTC) |
- Thanks a ton, White Arabian Filly! :D You too, have a great time! Adityavagarwal (talk) 04:43, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
Guild of Copy Editors December 2017 News
![]() Hello copy editors! Welcome to the December 2017 GOCE newsletter, which contains nine months(!) of updates. The Guild has been busy and successful; your diligent efforts in 2017 has brought the backlog of articles requiring copy edit to below 1,000 articles for the first time. Thanks to all editors who have contributed their time and energy to help make this happen. Our copy-editing drives (month-long backlog-reduction drives held in odd-numbered months) and blitzes (week-long themed editing in even-numbered months) have been very successful this year. March drive: We set out to remove April, May, and June 2016 from our backlog and all February 2017 Requests (a total of 304 articles). By the end of the month, all but 22 of these articles were cleared. Officially, of the 28 who signed up, 22 editors recorded 257 copy edits (439,952 words). (These numbers do not always make sense when you compare them to the overall reduction in the backlog, because not all editors record every copy edit on the drive page.) April blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 April; the theme was Requests. Of the 15 who signed up, 9 editors completed 43 articles (81,822 words). May drive: The goals were to remove July, August, and September 2016 from the backlog and to complete all March 2017 Requests (a total of 300 articles). By the end of the month, we had reduced our overall backlog to an all-time low of 1,388 articles. Of the 28 who signed up, 17 editors completed 187 articles (321,810 words). June blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 18 through 24 June; the theme was Requests. Of the 16 who signed up, 9 editors completed 28 copy edits (117,089 words). 2017 Coordinator elections: In June, coordinators for the second half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 moved back into the lead coordinator position, with Miniapolis stepping down to remain as coordinator; Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators, and Keira1996 rejoined after an extended absence. Thanks to all who participated! July drive: We set out to remove August, September, October, and November 2016 from the backlog and to complete all May and June 2017 Requests (a total of 242 articles). The drive was an enormous success, and the target was nearly achieved within three weeks, so that December 2016 was added to the "old articles" list used as a goal for the drive. By the end of the month, only three articles from 2016 remained, and for the second drive in a row, the backlog was reduced to a new all-time low, this time to 1,363 articles. Of the 33 who signed up, 21 editors completed 337 articles (556,482 words). August blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 20 through 26 August; the theme was biographical articles tagged for copy editing for more than six months (47 articles). Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors completed 38 copy edits (42,589 words). September drive: The goals were to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all August 2017 Requests (a total of 338 articles). Of the 19 who signed up, 14 editors completed 121 copy edits (267,227 words). October blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 22 through 28 October; the theme was Requests. Of the 14 who signed up, 8 editors completed 20 articles (55,642 words). November drive: We set out again to remove January, February, and March 2017 from the backlog and to complete all October 2017 Requests (a total of 207 articles). By the end of the month, these goals were reached and the backlog shrank to its lowest total ever, 997 articles, the first time it had fallen under one thousand (click on the graph above to see this amazing feat in graphical form). It was also the first time that the oldest copy-edit tag was less than eight months old. Of the 25 who signed up, 16 editors completed 159 articles (285,929 words). 2018 Coordinator elections: Voting is open for the election of coordinators for the first half of 2018. Please visit the election page to vote between now and December 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Thanks for participating! Housekeeping note: We do not send a newsletter before (or after) every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Miniapolis, Corinne, Tdslk, and Keira1996. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:04, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to one and all!
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I wish you a safe, happy Christmas and New Year! |
— William Harris • (talk) • 22:51, 22 December 2017 (UTC) |
- Thanks a lot, William Harris! Thanks a lot for you help too. :D Have a great day! Adityavagarwal (talk) 04:44, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
- Keep improving those Pikas; they look so cute! Not to mention very tasty to us wolves, but way too small to be worth chasing. Happy editing! William Harris • (talk) • 05:09, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
- Lol, William Harris, thanks. At least they are small, so it might be better to chase larger animals. :P Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:44, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- Keep improving those Pikas; they look so cute! Not to mention very tasty to us wolves, but way too small to be worth chasing. Happy editing! William Harris • (talk) • 05:09, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
The holidays are here, & with them comes another New Year!!
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Happy Holiday Cheer!! |
in the spirit of the season. What's especially nice about this digitized version: *it doesn't need water *won't catch fire *and batteries aren't required. |
and a prosperous New Year!! 🍸🎁 🎉 |
- Thanks a ton, Atsme! It is a very awesome postcard. :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:45, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
A barnstar for you
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Holiday barnstar |
You deserve a holiday barnstar, but this barn flake was as close as I could come. And best holiday wishes to you. Thank you for making Wikipedia a better place. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:30, 23 December 2017 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much, 7&6=thirteen. Hope you are having a wonderful day! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:46, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Seasons' Greetings
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...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 16:45, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks a bunch, FWiW Bzuk! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:47, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Merry Christmas !!!
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018! |
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- Thank you very much, CAPTAIN RAJU! It is an amazing postcard! :D Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:47, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Merry Christmas to all!
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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2018! |
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Glorious, Prosperous New Year! God bless! ![]() |
- Oh wow. Thanks a lot, Ssven2. I took a lot of help from your postcard, in order to make the purple one that I have posted on talk pages. :P Thanks for that too!
Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:48, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- There is a challenge going on related to Indian cinema (Wikipedia:WikiProject India/The 1000 Challenge (Indian cinema)). Do let me know if you are interested in participating by pinging me, and then add your name to the challenge. There is no deadline for this challenge and any form of improvement (DYK, GA, A-class, FA, FL, article and list creation, article and list improvement) is accepted.
— Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 08:53, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks, Ssven2. Signed up! :D Although it is half way through and I contribute more to mammals, I could try it. Also, I could review those in GA currently. Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:57, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- I suppose so. Your call. Do ask the nominators if you can review their nominations before taking it up though. Satya is up for GA.
— Ssven2 Looking at you, kid 09:18, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, will surely ask before reviewing. :) Might as well take some help, as I am not very familiar with GAs of movies. Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:17, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- I suppose so. Your call. Do ask the nominators if you can review their nominations before taking it up though. Satya is up for GA.
- Thanks, Ssven2. Signed up! :D Although it is half way through and I contribute more to mammals, I could try it. Also, I could review those in GA currently. Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:57, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- There is a challenge going on related to Indian cinema (Wikipedia:WikiProject India/The 1000 Challenge (Indian cinema)). Do let me know if you are interested in participating by pinging me, and then add your name to the challenge. There is no deadline for this challenge and any form of improvement (DYK, GA, A-class, FA, FL, article and list creation, article and list improvement) is accepted.
Adityavagarwal, I'm sorry to bother you again, but it's been three weeks since you last posted to this review, and three days later the nominator responded, yet you haven't been back since to continue. Please put this back on your radar until the review has been concluded. Thank you for giving it more attention going forward. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:05, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
- Apologies for the delay, BlueMoonset. Of course, do not think you are bothering me, as it has been a long time, and I should have gotten it complete. It is really rare of me not finishing any work taken up. Just got busy these days. Would be active in finishing this review! :) Adityavagarwal (talk) 18:21, 24 December 2017 (UTC)
Merry Christmas!
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Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas6}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
- Thank you very much, TheSandDoctor!
Adityavagarwal (talk) 05:09, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
New Year's resolution: Write more articles for Women in Red!
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Please recheck plagiarism issues on for WAM 2017
Part of the conversation is here. User talk:Fantasticfears#"The article ... should be properly copyedited" The thing is that Rochelimit has made few edits which copy from somewhere. So we have decided to recheck copyright of every articles he submitted. You are also a organizer of this year, so please email me to get to the form so you can help the process. --Fantasticfears (talk) 20:36, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
New Years new page backlog drive
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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.
- The minimum weekly total maintained for all four weeks of the backlog drive.
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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2018!
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- Thanks a ton, Chris troutman! It is awesome.
Adityavagarwal (talk) 14:57, 31 December 2017 (UTC)