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Shamsheer vayalil:

Respected Administrator mam,you are just a responsible, fabulous, and problem solving administrator. I have posted my request related to Shamsheer vayalil's article on your talk page.Here it goes,On the alma mater column present in infobox name of two colleges are given. The second college name is " Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai".When I clicked on the link of that college I found that the college is not actually located in Chennai. It is located in "Porur" a city in Chennai. So,"Porur" should also be indicated between the college name and Chennai(in alma mater column present in infobox) Note:"""No""" edit is required any where else except what I described above. Thank you.(223.230.169.247 (talk) 03:57, 16 June 2019 (UTC))

Hello,

When you find and tag a dead link in an article such as Stinson Leonard Street (another user has moved the article to Stinson LLP), could you please ask InternetArchiveBot to try to fix the dead link? Just go to the article's history page and click "Fix dead links" or submit several pages with dead links by using the interface at https://tools.wmflabs.org/iabot/index.php?page=runbotqueue

I noticed that the article was at AfD, so I submitted it to InternetArchiveBot, and the bot found archived backups of several several broken links. You can see the changes it made at https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?diff=894917442&diffmode=source

Regards, Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:30, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, I somehow had never noticed the "Fix dead links" in article history. I actually thought tagging the dead link summoned the bot magically. Having access to those backups will help in assessing the article (although most of them were not independent sources, so wouldn't (on their own) contribute to notability). ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:12, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 May newsletter

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InfoCepts

Hi. I’m sorry you were forced to delete my page, InfoCepts. I will attempt to recreate it taking into consideration all that you mentioned. I realize the page was deleted, but that was more than a decade ago. The company has grown a lot within this time. Again, I would like to stress that my intent is purely to inform interested parties about the company from a trusted source. I will endeavor to reflect the same in the future. Thank you. AshVaidya

AshVaidya, if you want me to restore the deleted material to draft space so you can work on it, I can do that for you. Just be aware that it needs a LOT of work, and it may be better to start from scratch. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 15:40, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Changing a company's old Logo for a New version

ONUnicorn, thank you for your help. I noticed another editor jumped in and made matters worse. I'm a graphic designer and appreciate the fact that Wikipedia supports the SVG image file format. I would like to upload a sanctioned and usable version of the company logo, not a screen grab. I think I disallowed that change (https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&oldid=prev&diff=895358078&diffmode=source). Can you help me upload an SVG version? I already ran it thru the w3 SVG validator. How do I proceed? I will be reading your articles this weekend you included on my talk page {Colegagreg (talk) 19:02, 3 May 2019 (UTC)}

Colegagreg, is the version you want to upload anywhere I can download it? If you can post a link I can upload it for you, or you can use WP:Files for upload, as I mentioned on the helpdesk. However if you want to do it yourself you'll need to wait until you are autoconfirmed, which happens automatically when your account is 4 days old and has made 10 edits. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 19:26, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
ONUnicorn, Here is a link to the original file. The link will expire in 24 hours. Thank you for the help. I can extend EXP date.
https://us.awp.autotask.net/6/filelink/5f351-1a142fae-baf31071ff-2
I am hoping to find someone to complete the Guayaki page. Yes it's a nice product, but the Social mission and it the commitment to redefining business is way more interesting.
When you say 10 edits, are you referring to 10 edits to articles on Wikipedia, or do all these exchanges I have had with editors as yourself count?

Colegagreg (talk) 19:38, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Colegagreg I have uploaded the new logo and added it to the infobox. As far as the 10 edits go, all the exchanges you have had on the helpdesk and with editors such as myself do count. And as for adding information about the company's social mission and "commitment to redefining business", have those things received press coverage? If so, go ahead and put sources (articles about those things) on the talk page. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 23:20, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

AfD question

Thank you for your advice. The organization sure seems like it is low key and I have not found any articles written specifically about them. I found one that was published in The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine in 1992 about their history but it was written by HAI. Would any of the following sites satisfy that question?

  1. EU regulatory body on their registration
  2. An article by WHO talking about their collaboration with HAI
  3. EU lobby checking website
  4. There are 71 references to the org in this book A Healthy Business?: World Health and the Pharmaceutical Industry I have ordered a copy on Amazon by expedited shipping but I don't know if it will arrive in time as it is a second hand book here in the US. Is there a process to get more time before the page is deleted?--Akrasia25 (talk) 14:24, 15 May 2019 (UTC)
Akrasia25 You could leave a note in the AFD saying that you have ordered that book, and request that the article be moved to draft space for incubation. If so, you should probably format that comment by putting *'''Move to draft''' at the start of the comment, then explain that you understand the problems with the references currently in the article but feel notability can be demonstrated and that you are waiting on books to arrive from Amazon. I would be willing to support a motion to move the article to draft, but I'm not at this time willing to advocate for it to be kept in mainspace.  
The problem with the EU lobby checking website is that as disclosed on their disclaimer page, the information on that website is extracted from two sources, and "all information on the official EU register is provided by registrants themselves, making it the sole responsibility of those organisations. It is widely recognised that many entries in the official register are inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise misleading." This is also the problem with the transparency register itself, which as noted is the source of the information on the lobby checking website. Don't misunderstand - these sources are reliable for some things, just not for establishing notability. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:50, 15 May 2019 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.18

Hello ONUnicorn,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

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Deleting redirects

Can you please delete Peter and the Wolf (1995 film) and Peter and the Wold (1995 film)? Thanks! NickBlamp (talk) 20:32, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

 Done ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 20:38, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Some other things

  • Please check the Stowaways on the Ark and The Magic Voyage articles I've edited. In their "home video" section, I've put releases for a lot of territories. Is whatever I've put there necessary, or I need to only wirte about the better-known ones (UK, France etc.)???
  • Can I put the conductor's name on "artist" on the album infobox and on "music by" on the film infobox?
  • If a film spawns a video game, and there's not much info about it, can we put its contents (infobox, reception etc.) on the article for the film, instead of making a new page?

Thanks a lot, I won't bother you again! :) NickBlamp (talk) 21:59, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

I think you're correct to put Cameron Patrick in the music by spot. {{Infobox television}} doesn't appear to have a field for the conductor. Neither does {{Infobox album}} for that matter. George Daugherty does appear to be notable though, so he probably should be mentioned in the text. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:09, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
  • I think the article is ok, better than a lot of our articles on t.v. specials. The plot section is probably a little too long and detailed (I tend to be a minimalist when it comes to plot sections), and I'm confused as to exactly what role Chuck Jones played in the production (the intro indicates that he designed the animated characters, but later in the article you have a quote where he says he didn't do the animation). I like the reception section, I think you did a really good job on that. The article could also use copy-editing (but what article can't?). If I were to assess it on the WikiProject Animation criteria I'd probably rate it a C, but it's very close to a B. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 18:36, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
  • "...he designed the animated characters, but later in the article you have a quote where he says he didn't do the animation." By that, I mean that he only did concept art and some character design sheets. The actual animation (the cel frames) was made in Cosgrove Hall Films, the same folks who did Danger Mouse and Count Duckula (the animators would have these sheets as a reference; Jones wasn't part of the company). Although, if I ever make that copy of the Peter and the Wolf CD-ROM I have run on my PC (I have Windows 10, and this was made for 3.1), I may find out if he did the animation for the PC game. (oh, and about the qoutes in the "production" section, do I do extensive use of them, because in the manual of style it says that if I do that, I cause copyright infringement) NickBlamp (talk) 08:01, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Fitzpatrick

Hello InfoCepts. I am a PR Rep for my boss Jim Fitzpatrick. I Cited and Referenced Jim & his brother Tony Fitzpatrick's Professional Football links. I'm unclear why it was not accepted? Thanks, Julienne— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jules Ford-Hammond (talk • contribs)

Hi Jules Ford-Hammond. First off, please read the message I left you the other day on your talk page. As a PR rep, you must comply with our paid editing policy. Do not make any further edits until you have followed the instructions at Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure#How_to_disclose.
Second, no, you did not cite a reference that verifies the information you wanted to include. Please take a look at all those links.
Third, as you were told on the help desk, lists of notable alumni should only include direct links to the articles about said notable alumni. Although Jim has an article, Tony does not. Therefore it would be inappropriate to include Tony at this time. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:06, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Help desk

Hi ONUnicorn, since your helpful reply to my question on dealing with the article history when splitting an article, I've had the page on my watchlist and I've now started answering questions myself. I'm aware that this requires a more nuanced approach than I've normally had to use when contributing to the Refdesks and on article talk pages. Feel free to call me out if you don't think that I've used the right kind of response in my replies. Even after editing for nearly 13 years, we all have things to learn. Cheers, Mikenorton (talk) 15:34, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks Mikenorton! The helpdesk can always use more people answering questions! ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 15:38, 29 May 2019 (UTC)

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Brett Coon

Thanks for the protection. I'll gladly participate in civil discourse on the article talk page, but I won't initiate discussion per WP:BRD. The other editor is overly aggressive and slinging NPA right and left. I will not participate if he continues in the same pattern. I trust you've watchlisted the page. Just a heads up on what to expect. I've dealt quite a bit with advocacy here, and it would be 0 surprise if that is what this is. Thanks again. John from Idegon (talk) 22:38, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the head's up. I do have it on my watchlist. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 12:52, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Brent Coon

It is obvious, John and I cannot get along. I just saw this on your page as I am hoping the restrictions on Mr. Coon's page can be lifted. As for being aggressive, I tried to post facts and John did not want to discuss the matter. He is the one who repeatedly has removed items from multiple editors giving the impression that he has a bias. I would like to point out that John cannot even spell the name "Brent" correctly. I have read many comments about his tactics and while he may be claiming to be taking the high ground, he has been at war with dozens of wiki editors over trying to make even the simplest changes. I just logged onto the page and I see there has been another request to lift the restrictions. My intent was not advocacy but fairness. I have a compromise, let the new person edit the page and keep both John and me from being able to touch it. I would ask that you be the judge of what should stay and what should not. Btnb (talk) 15:14, 23 October 2019 (UTC)BTNB

Btnb, The page is no longer protected. The editing restriction expired back in June. One thing I would point out, is that Wikpedia makes content decisions via consensus building. That means that if a change is challenged, people interested in the topic should use the talk page to discuss why they think the change should or should not be made. For an example of how this is supposed to look/work, take a look at the talk page for one of the most controversial articles in this encyclopedia, which is also one where the consensus building process works very well, Talk:Donald Trump. I'm not seeing anywhere where you have attempted to discuss your proposed changes on Talk:Brent Coon. Please go there and make the case for why you think his one time donation of concert tickets is a significant event that should be included in an encyclopedic biography of Brent Coon. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 16:26, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back to me. After mine and John's comments back and forth on about bias and him accusing me of being a paid advocate or whatever, I gave up for a while to cool off. As for the concert tickets, it was important because of the fact of what was happening in the community at the time. Not sure if you are aware but the Beaumont area was actually hit harder than Houston in both Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda but the news media focused on the big city. It was people Like Mr. Coon and others in the community who helped emergency responders and did other nice things for them. I thought it was worth mentioning. I also think it is worth mentioning his accomplishments, as well as, his shortcomings. My goal was to tell the whole story and present both sides that have been reported in local, state and national media. I have lived here my entire life and I know the news business very well. In fact, I was the managing editor at one of the papers here. What I saw when I first looked at the post was that John would remove anything posted that was remotely positive and that happened before I ever got involved. So, I came into it expecting a fight, so to speak. I was glad the page was locked down so that I could get links together and move forward with making sure the page fairly represented Mr. Coon rather than simply malign him. I would also point out that some of the negative material that was used as source material came from news articles that were later determined to be inaccurate or the courts determined there was no wrongdoing. Btnb (talk) 18:57, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Btnb Yeah, sometimes it helps to attract additional eyes/editors on a page like that. I don't know much about Brent Coon, but I will say the article as it stands comes across less like an encyclopedic biography of a prominent lawyer than as a listing of important cases he has worked on followed by a list of accusations of wrong-doing against him. In other words, an advertisement followed by a hit piece. This is one of the reasons criticism sections are discouraged (although you wouldn't know that judging by the number of articles that have them). If you can come up with a draft that tells the whole story and presents both sides fairly, I suggest you work on a draft (you can put it at User:Btnb/Brent Coon if you want people to leave it alone while you work on it or at Talk:Brent Coon/draft if you want to solicit other editors to help) and then when you think it's ready you can make the case on Talk:Brent Coon for why it's an improvement over the existing version and solicit feedback on it. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 20:00, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Shamsheer Vayalil

Respected Administrator sir,the Shamsheer vayalil's infobox contain name of two medical colleges,and I am talking about this medical college1.)Kasturba Medical College,Manipal.When I clicked on the link of this college I found that the name of city where this colleg in its profile.Then I realised that the black comma should be converted in blue comma. Note:Sir only focus on the Kasturba Medical College,Manipal(infobox) only.Other informations needs no edits or correction.I think I am good enough to explain you my problem. Thankyou. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.230.154.77 (talk) 05:12, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm not entirely clear what you mean by "link the comma".  I do see Orville1974 has added the link for Sri Ramachandra Medical College. Hopefully that's fixed the issue? ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 12:52, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying. Why do you want the comma included in the link? It isn't part of the university's name, and we don't normally include it in links in other places, such as between Queens and New York in the infobox here. That said, in Stephen Hawking, under education, there is only one link, and it goes to St Albans School, Hertfordshire, however the name of the school page includes Hertfordshire. Can you clarify why you want it included in the link? ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:05, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
I get it now, I've fixed it. Thanks for being patient and explaining. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 14:36, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Hi, I have posted a request on Dr. Shamsheer's talk page to add some informations (respective links given). Would you please see that and add those informations in the article. I am asking you to do this because you helped me earlier also. Hope for the best!

Thank you. (223.230.143.123 (talk) 19:07, 15 August 2019 (UTC))

New Page Review newsletter July-August 2019

Hello ONUnicorn,

WMF at work on NPP Improvements

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Backlog

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WikiCup 2019 July newsletter

The third round of the 2019 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round needed to score at least 68 points, which is substantially lower than last year's 227 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • Norfolk Island Cas Liber, our winner in 2016, with 500 points derived mainly from a featured article and two GAs on natural history topics
  • South Carolina Adam Cuerden, with 480 points, a tally built on 16 featured pictures, the result of meticulous restoration work
  • Cascadia (independence movement) SounderBruce, a finalist in the last two years, with 306 points from a variety of submissions, mostly related to sport or the State of Washington
  • United States Usernameunique, with 305 points derived from a featured article and two GAs on archaeology and related topics

Contestants managed 4 (5) featured articles, 4 featured lists, 18 featured pictures, 29 good articles, 50 DYK entries, 9 ITN entries, and 39 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and it is imperative to claim them in the correct round; one FA claim had to be rejected because it was incorrectly submitted (claimed in Round 3 when it qualified for Round 2), so be warned! When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
  • The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.

    Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:24, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Hey man!

It's been a while. You may not remember me but I created the Hammerton Killick page and you helped me tremendously with it. I was checking out your profile and realized you live in the Indianapolis area. So do I! This is crazy man thought I'd just share this because i thought that was dope. If you wanna get into contact and shoot the s*** or whatever I'm down.

Coolpug05 (talk) 03:38, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

That's cool; I didn't know you lived in Indianapolis too! What part of the city do you live in? ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:26, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Basically Carmel my guy! Coolpug05 (talk) 20:29, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

WikiCup 2019 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 454 points being required to qualify for the final round. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with over 400 points being eliminated, and all but two of the finalists having achieved an FA during the round. Casliber, our 2016 winner, was the highest point-scorer, followed by Enwebb and Lee Vilenski, who are both new to the competition. In fourth place was SounderBruce, a finalist last year. But all those points are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

Round 4 saw the achievement of 11 featured articles. In addition, Adam Cuerden scored with 18 FPs, Lee Vilenski led the GA score with 8 GAs while Kosack performed 15 GA reviews. There were around 40 DYKs, 40 GARs and 31 GAs overall during round 4. 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 5, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:44, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).

Administrator changes

added Bradv • Chetsford • Izno
readded Floquenbeam • Lectonar
removed DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

removed Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

removed Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Technical news

  • Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
  • The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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New Page Review newsletter September-October 2019

Hello ONUnicorn,

Backlog

Instead of reaching a magic 300 as it once did last year, the backlog approaching 6,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

Coordinator

A proposal is taking place here to confirm a nominated user as Coordinator of NPR.

This month's refresher course

Why I Hate Speedy Deleters, a 2008 essay by long since retired Ballonman, is still as valid today. Those of us who patrol large numbers of new pages can be forgiven for making the occasional mistake while others can learn from their 'beginner' errors. Worth reading.

Deletion tags

Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon (you will need to have 'Nominated for deletion' enabled for this in your filters) may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders using Twinkle. They require your further verification.

Paid editing

Please be sure to look for the tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. WMF policy requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines' (SNG). Alternatives to deletion
  • Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves once more with notability guidelines for organisations and companies.
  • Blank-and-Redirect is a solution anchored in policy. Please consider this alternative before PRODing or CSD. Note however, that users will often revert or usurp redirects to re-create deleted articles. Do regularly patrol the redirects in the feed.
Not English
  • A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, and if they do have potential, tag as required, then move to draft. Modify the text of the template as appropriate before sending it.
Tools

Regular reviewers will appreciate the most recent enhancements to the New Pages Feed and features in the Curation tool, and there are still more to come. Due to the wealth of information now displayed by ORES, reviewers are strongly encouraged to use the system now rather than Twinkle; it will also correctly populate the logs.

Stub sorting, by SD0001: A new script is available for adding/removing stub tags. See User:SD0001/StubSorter.js, It features a simple HotCat-style dynamic search field. Many of the reviewers who are using it are finding it an improvement upon other available tools.

Assessment: The script at User:Evad37/rater makes the addition of Wikiproject templates extremely easy. New page creators rarely do this. Reviewers are not obliged to make these edits but they only take a few seconds. They can use the Curation message system to let the creator know what they have done.

DannyS712 bot III is now patrolling certain categories of uncontroversial redirects. Curious? Check out its patrol log.

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Greeting And Thanks

Hi Unicorn Sir/Ma'am

Thank you for correcting an article of mine https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Operation_Swift_Retort_(film) it's been proud moment for me that an administrator like you came to my article :) , i just want to know can i request wikipedia to speed up and partrol this page as lot's of people talking about this film and world needs to see the wikipedia page in google.

Thanks and Stay blessed Sir/Ma'am — Preceding unsigned comment added by پاک آرمی زندہ باد (talk • contribs) 15:35, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome; those simple corrections could be made quickly. The article however, still needs a fair amount of work, such that I'm not ready to patrol/release the page. I'd like to take an in-depth look at the sources and review it in more detail, but I'm not sure when I'll have the time to do that; I'm quite busy the next few days. Hopefully someone will be along soon. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 15:40, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

The page is patrolled but someone put deletion tag can you please check the news references are enough to show that this is notable.

I'll try to take a look at it this weekend. The AFD will run for 7 days so there is time. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:54, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much Sir/Ma'am i have created different articles and all are patrolled but this was my second article and even though it has coverages in newspapers , news blogs and websites. you're the oldest member thats why i disturbed you here accept my apology.

May god bless you — Preceding unsigned comment added by پاک آرمی زندہ باد (talk • contribs) 15:15, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi Sir sorry for disturbing hope youre're great , i have added the references as well the film is notable and showing in television too but the problem is the two people saying that the film isn't notable. The film is published in english newspaper , the news , gulf news , khaleej and etc news blog. many major news outlet will cover this film as well. this is an official film and mentioned in government blog too hope this page will not be delete.

Thanksپاک آرمی زندہ باد (talk) 16:08, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

  • Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
  • Diversity winner
  • Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news

  • As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:55, 2 October 2019 (UTC)


List of impeached presidents

Information icon Hello, I'm Wekeepwhatwekill. An edit that you recently made to List of impeached presidents seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want to practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! While I'm no fan of Donald Trump, he's not impeached yet, so we can't quite call him impeached and we can't put him in a category of impeached presidents, sorry.Necromonger...We keep what we kill 13:25, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

I saw your message

Actually I explained my revert on your page, so I'm curious as to what you asked me to explain it again. I placed a test template on your page not a warning as well. Once again, Donald Trump isn't impeached so he can't be listed on a list of impeached presidents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wekeepwhatwekill (talk • contribs) 13:29, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

If you don't think he belongs there, fine, but pay attention to what you are doing and remove the entry properly instead of using a tool resembling rollback to revert to a version by an IP editor that appears to be vandalism and leaves broken formatting. Also, using a test template such as that is inappropriate when the edit was clearly not someone new to Wikipedia testing out editing functions. Lastly, sticking the personalized explanation at the end of a templated warning is a great way to hide it and ensure I won't notice it. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:32, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 1

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

General announcements
  • Management has migrated to phabricator; to report a bug or request a feature, please create a new task with the script's tag
  • Message translation has been reduced; for common messages that are already translated in mediawiki core, the system translations are used, in order to reduce duplication of efforts
Recent additions
  • New pages are shown at the start of a site's feed
  • Log entries are shown at the end of a site's feed
  • Basic validation has been added to user settings, applied before saving
  • Site validation has also been added; a site (excluding unique projects like wikidata, meta, commons, etc.) is considered to be valid if it is the form of "language.project", where both the language code and project name are valid. It does not, however, check that the actual site is valid; only that it could be. In other words, even though sco.wiktionary refers to a site that doesn't exist, it is considered valid, because sco is a valid language code (sco.wikipedia is a working site) and wiktionary is a valid project.
Announcements
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Backwards compatibility supporting the use of sites as *.*.org (like 'wiki.riteme.site' or 'meta.wikimedia.org'), deprecated in version 1.7.5, will be removed soon; all sites should now be saved as *.* (like 'de.wikinews' or 'fr.wikisource')
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Storing user sites as window.GlobalWatchlistSites, deprecated in version version 1.11.11, will be removed soon; all settings should be stored in the window.GlobalWatchlistConfig object
  • Both of these breaking changes will be implemented alongside version 4.0; until then, any use of the config page (m:Special:BlankPage/GlobalWatchlistConfig) will result in saving settings in the newest format
Next release

Version 4.0 should be released in around a week. It will include the new features mentioned above, as well as removal of backwards compatibility for settings and sites.

I've sent this first message to users that participated in the discussion at m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Watchlists/Revive Crosswatch tool or otherwise shown interest in the script. To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 16:03, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

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Proposals regarding AfC & NPP

You are invited to comment at discussion currently taking place at Relationship of Articles for Creation and New Page Reviewer for pre-opinion on the combined functions of Articles for Creation (AfC) and New Page Review (NPR).

This mass message invitation is being sent to subscribed members of the work group at the project The future of NPP and AfC. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

John H. Fleming

Hello. Could you please provide me the text of John H. Fleming? It was recently deleted before I had a chance to incorporate some of the information into other articles. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slugger O'Toole (talk • contribs) --19:34, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Slugger O'Toole I have restored it to your userspace at User:Slugger O'Toole/John H. Fleming. Let me know if you need anything further. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 20:38, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much! I appreciate the help. --Slugger O'Toole (talk) 11:59, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

2019 US Banknote Contest

US Banknote Contest
November-December 2019

There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons.

In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate.

If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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