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		Hello Valereee! Interstellarity (talk) has given you a bit of sunshine to brighten your day! Sunshine promotes WikiLove and hopefully it has made your day better. Spread the sunshine by adding `{{subst:User:Meaghan/Sunshine}}` to someone else's talk page, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. In addition, you can spread the sunshine to anyone who visits your userpage and/or talk page by adding {{User:Meaghan/Sunshine icon}}. Happy editing! Interstellarity (talk) 14:30, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Happy first day of summer, Valereee!! Interstellarity (talk) 14:30, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, @Interstellarity! Happy longest day of the year to you, to! —valereee (talk) 14:46, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Sydney Morton

On 21 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sydney Morton, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sydney Morton's grandfather appeared in Run, Little Chillun (poster pictured), but the musical theatre bug skipped a generation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sydney Morton. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sydney Morton), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Run, Little Chillun

On 21 June 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Run, Little Chillun, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sydney Morton's grandfather appeared in Run, Little Chillun (poster pictured), but the musical theatre bug skipped a generation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sydney Morton. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Run, Little Chillun), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 25, 2021)

Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is: Alida Morberg Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Savoriness • Learned society Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 21 June 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Hey

I really do appreciate that. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 00:31, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Any time. —valereee (talk) 00:35, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Discontent Content Issue 5

Discontent Content Issue #5

Welcome, subscribers, to the fifth Discontent Content newsletter! Discontent Content is a newsletter aiming to collate and improve Wikipedia articles in need of more eyes and hands to get them in shape. Its unique trimodal structure allows editors to work where they feel comfortable -- with stubs and starts needing to be brought to standard, mid-quality articles with Good or Featured potential, or quality-assessed articles needing help to maintain their status.

Category 1

Articles in this category are those that need to be brought up to a minimum quality standard. Some will be stubs; others will be longer articles that nonetheless have significant concerns putting them far below B- or C-class adequacy.

This issue's Category 1 articles are:

Isolar – 1976 Tour: A substantial musical event for one of the most influential albums of its era, but with a rather spindly, table-focused article (I also note no one seems to have given post-inflation numbers for any of the figures).
Occultism (Islam): "Major topic that's a literal stub because it's about something outside the comfort zone of the average editor" of the day. Esotericism in one of the world's major exoteric religions is, of course, something which can be written about extensively.
G & G v Wikimedia Foundation Inc: Going meta for a moment...This is an interesting case, and it's a shame we discuss it only as a paragraph. It would be fascinating to read further on this topic.

Category 2

Articles in this category, while in better current shape than Category 1, are still missing something. They have the potential to be truly high-quality content, and may have been at one point. With work, they can be brought up to dizzying heights.

This issue's Category 2 articles are:

Misophonia: A concept, symptom, or disorder -- no one's quite yet drawn the borderlands -- where people are unusually upset at noises such as chewing sounds. The idea may sound odd, but it does distress people with it and those around them. The subject is very popular, with Half Million Award-tier page views, but the readers are served by a rather weak article.
Sparks (band): This eccentric, creative band was a GA long ago, but delisted in 2010. Though undersourced, the article certainly has potential to return to its old status.
Han Xin: One of the great military leaders of ancient China is graced by a massively undersourced article. Several sections have none at all.

Category 3

Articles in this category have been assessed through a content review process in the past, but may require work to be brought up to current GA/FA standard. Editors can help bring them to a level where the star or plus near their names can once again shine.

This issue's Category 3 articles are:

Wind: This FA is on a huge, important topic, but its star needs some polishing. FAR notice has been given for significant uncited passages. To quote the talk page, the article has good bones, and it can certainly be restored to modern FA status if anyone is able to work on it.
Jeopardy!: The article for perhaps one of the most famous game shows of all time is at GAR for citation issues. Most of the issues brought up can be fixed quite easily, such as locating page numbers.
French fries: Tasty, but needs more sauce. The GAR discusses unsourced sections and unreliable sourcing; I also notice some pretty blatant prose issues and a spindly lead.

Letter from the Editor

This issue's reader suggestion from Sennecaster:

Maasai people: The Vital 4 article for this major East African ethnic group was recently significantly reduced due to copyvio. It needs urgent work to restore cored-out content, but the references are still available in the article to simplify the process.

One topic I've been broadly thinking about lately is the concept of GA sweeps. There hasn't been one in well over a decade; discussion of a new one is traditionally stymied by the sheer number of GAs that would need sweeping, considering there are over ten times as many as there were at the last sweep. Nonetheless, there's no dispute that many GAs don't really count as 99.5th percentile articles, or even decent-quality articles (whether one's own personal reading of WIAGA is closer to the former or the latter, and how different those things are, is an exercise for the reader).

I've been brainstorming ideas, and I've been wondering if we can tackle the problem with limited-scope sweeps. One idea would be sweeping popular or vital articles -- those that get enough views to make up a significant proportion of the "GA experience" to readers. Another would be focusing on shorter GAs, which might trend towards a less in-depth treatment of the topic than could really justify the rating. There may very well be a path here to maintaining GA standards, and either of those would have the benefit that they might be more likely to encourage people to work on rather than simply delist articles -- popular topics with lots of interested parties willing to help, or smaller topics that don't seem like too big a challenge to pick up.
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Freya Dinshah

Isn't this 'Freya Dinshah' article ready to be published to Wikipedia's mainspace? MaynardClark (talk) 15:54, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure. I'll move it to draft, that'll encourage other people to work on it. —valereee (talk) 22:01, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Okay, it's at Draft:Freya Dinshah now. That encourages others to work on it, and any other editor at any point can move it to mainspace if they think it's ready. —valereee (talk) 22:03, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 27, 2021)

Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is:

Organized religion

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Christmas ham • Alida Morberg

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This week's article for improvement (week 26, 2021)

A Finnish Christmas ham

Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is:

Christmas ham

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Alida Morberg • Savoriness

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DRV Thanks

First, sorry about that. I'm a little scatterbrained today. I was doing good, but today rolled around and then I wasn't. It's the 6th anniversary of my cat passing away. He was more my best friend than a cat. I miss him dearly. So, I'm hurting today. A little grief came out there and I apologize.

Anyway, I appreciate your time, effort, and help on the DRV discussion. I know that is definitely not what you signed up for and definitely not what I intended, but I appreciate you none-the-less. Hope you have an excellent rest of your weekend and week ahead. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 20:58, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Gosh, I so understand. The best cat EVER died four years ago last month. And I've been lucky enough to have had a lot of really, really good cats. I miss her every day, even though I have a couple very entertaining new young rescues. There'll never be another Rosie. :D Don't even give a thought to that discussion, in my head it's cultural artefact. Interesting primarily for purposes of study. —valereee (talk) 00:10, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Indeed, there is that one that will always leave a pawprint on your heart a little more than the others do. Flatsky (named after a teddy bear) was mine. You (like I with Flatsky) will see Rosie again one day and she'll walk with you always until then. :)

I like that, "cultural artifact" and "purposes of study", definitely a good idea. Might I add "a good laugh" as well. :D - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:58, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Hey

nothing burger? 😜 --Deepfriedokra (talk) 02:28, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

@Deepfriedokra my go-to euphemism when I'm tempted to write "bullshit" but think it will create more heat than light :D —valereee (talk) 10:30, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

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Current (BusterD) RfA

Hey Valereee. I'm not going to comment there, but i appreciate what you've been doing recently with RfAs and i don't think your questioning the questioner was out of line. Fair play to BusterD who answered it, but i'd like to see more questions challenged (maybe) and more candidates feeling free to ignore what are supposed to be optional (definitely). For what it's worth, thank you; happy days, Lindsay^Hello 17:24, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

@LindsayH, thanks! I'm never quite sure where the line is on clerking there. I just got fed up about six or eight RfAs ago and decided heck with it, I'm going to start calling out the sillier questions in hopes it'll make people more likely to think. I'm probably just wasting my time. —valereee (talk) 18:21, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

I'd encourage everyone to be more vocal about which questions they find useful and which they find not useful. It's good feedback for everyone to have. The questioner may even decide to improve their question in response. Levivich 18:34, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Erick Williams

Hi Valerie, I received your comments in regards to the Erick Williams page that I am editing. We represent him for public relations. I did not think that was a conflict of interest? Also, I saw the request for the page to be deleted because of copyright laws. Some of the information is also included in his biography that was written by me. Is that okay? It's not taken from other sources. Thank you for trying to work with me - this is very important to him.

BettieBomb21 (talk) 15:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC) BettieBomb21 (talk) 15:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC) BettieBomb21 (talk) 15:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC) BettieBomb21 (talk) 15:02, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi, BettieBomb21! Yes, Wikipedia considers being paid to create an article about someone, or to edit the article about them, as absolutely a conflict of interest. Probably only his mom has a bigger COI. :) You can read more about it at WP:COI. Thank you for disclosing. You'll need to put a disclosure on your talk page and on the article talk if you recreate the article. There are instructions at WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE; if you need help, I can help you with that.

I do think it's possible this person is notable enough for an article. What we need to see are at least 3 instances of significant coverage -- an article about him, not just mentioning him in passing -- in reliable unaffiliated sources and not just from the local area.

We also need the article itself to be 1. a fresh creation that 2. doesn't sound like it came from his PR firm. :)

Fresh creation: That is, it can't be copied from anywhere else on the web, so it can't be simply the bio he uses on his website or that gets sent out in response to press queries or speaking engagements. We consider that a copyright violation -- that's why I deleted the draft you'd submitted. I tell people never to copy/paste unless you're quoting. Instead, read the source, then summarize in your own words.
Doesn't sound like PR: articles in WP must be neutral and can only summarize what other reliable sources have said. This can be a little difficult for someone who is used to writing PR, but I'm willing to help you through it. The first thing to do is find your three best sources. Those would be the three most WP:reliable sources that have the most WP:significant coverage (and at least two from outside his local area). Then you summarize what is said in those sources -- and only what is said in those sources, nothing added simply because you know it to be true -- to create your initial draft. If you want to come back when you've done that, I'll take a look. —valereee (talk) 15:26, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much for sharing this information, Valerie. It is very much appreciated. I am going to start from scratch! BettieBomb21 (talk) 16:34, 6 July 2021 (UTC) BettieBomb21 (talk) 16:34, 6 July 2021 (UTC) BettieBomb21 (talk) 16:34, 6 July 2021 (UTC) BettieBomb21 (talk) 16:34, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

took a whack at the JC campaign button

See if that looks better. BusterD (talk) 18:46, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

I think it looks much better! We'll see if anyone else decides to comment. —valereee (talk) 19:23, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

whoops

I think we edit-conflicted both trying to promote Rosalie Carey at the same time. You got the promo credit, but I put her in Template:Did you know/Preparation area 6. Where should she be? Vaticidalprophet 14:53, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Excuse me, but is not to be used as a means of promotion. E Eng 04:18, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Didn't you know that's all anyone cares about at DYK? —valereee (talk) 11:09, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

I put her into P5 lol...whatever works for you, just move it around! —valereee (talk) 14:56, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Have switched out her P6 spot for Marja Kubašec -- I built most of the current P5, and she does fit well in there :) Vaticidalprophet 14:59, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Sorry if I got in your way! When I realized that an editor who had been very prolific at building sets recently had thought they needed to try to use most images, and then that over half our approved noms were image hooks, I decided to go do some whatever infill I could with images that weren't really crucial to their hooks. —valereee (talk) 15:13, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Have a very happy adminship anniversary on your special day!

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Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU! —valereee (talk) 11:13, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

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This Month in GLAM: June 2021

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This week's article for improvement (week 28, 2021)

Participant countries of the 2019 International Army Games.

Participants

First time participants

Previous games participants, but not this time

Hello, Valereee. The article for improvement of the week is:

International Army Games

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Organized religion • Christmas ham

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More silliness...

Started reading a Hebrew translation of Silas Marner (1861), which has Niqqud (what am I, a child?) and letters instead of page numbers (super dumb). So, I notice a passage in the opening page that reads: "remember, in those days there weren't any trains and cars," and was, like, cars, she died in 1880! Naturally, I go to the original (https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/550) as this was quite a WTF moment, and, guess what? Doesn't exist. The translator just made it up!

Obviously, the translation was intended for the young, the fact that it's less than half the length of the original is indicative of that (also, the translator Itzhak Levanon (translator) [he] is preeminent in the area of children books). Granted, this is an old print —the one I have is circa 1965, but it's the 3rd reprint— still, now I'm wandering if many of the translators for the books I read as a kid were also taking such hilarious liberties... //Spam out! El_C 12:54, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

That's pretty funny...apparently the translator thought he needed to provide context for why people would be walking from town to town carrying their goods on their backs? —valereee (talk) 13:10, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Don't forget about Wildfire (the horse)! Actually, it was context about why people were superstitious due to their relative isolation: In that far-off time superstition clung easily round every person or thing that was at all unwonted, or even intermittent and occasional merely, like the visits of the pedlar or the knife-grinder. So, yeah, had a good chuckle, thought I'd share.

El_C 13:17, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Onwards to Duncton Wood, which I have in 2 hardcovers (300 and 600 pages, respectively). Because... anthropomorphic moles! Translated by Uriel Ofek, the man, the legend. El_C 22:41, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

I so wish I could turn you on to The Silerian Trilogy, the second and third books of which I think are among the best fantasy I've read, but unfortunately never translated into Hebrew. If you ever decide you'd like to read it in English, I would be happy to send you a copy. —valereee (talk) 01:18, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, I may take you up on that — sounds like something right up my alley. What a drag that it isn't available in Hebrew (paging Emanuel Lotem, we need you, stat!). But White Dragon? That's Anne McCaffrey's thing! Which I actually do have, along with several of the other Dragonriders of Pern books (including one of the novellas). Definite recommend. Also, The Ship Who Sang (just reread a couple of months ago)... //Melting. El_C 08:07, 13 July 2021 (UTC)