MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-messages/Archive 13

Proposed change to watchlist details message
@Pppery: I’ve disabled the edit protected using tl while we discuss the wording, expecting the “tl|” to be removed when consensus is reached. If this is inappropriate, feel free to remove the “tl|” while the discussion is ongoing. YBG (talk) 11:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Watchlist-details

The message at MediaWiki:Watchlist-details is currently:


 * You have $1 NaN pagess on your watchlist (excluding talk pages).

I propose a change to emphasize that TP changes are shown in the watchlist.


 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess plus NaN theirs associated talk NaN undefineds.

If this is not the right place to post this suggestion, please ping me to let me know where I should post it. Thanks! YBG (talk) 08:06, 15 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I've had a poke around and this was previously discussed in August 2017: "[...] after consulting with Matt, we decided there is no need to say 'not separately counting talk pages.'" It seems that's when the current wording was adopted. I'd agree that YBG's suggestion is an improvement on what's currently there.  Schwede 66  01:25, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I would prefer 'and' instead of 'plus', but yes, it's a better wording. Stephen — Preceding undated comment added 02:30, 16 November 2023 ((UTC)

@Stephen, @Schwede66: What would you think of this alternative?
 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess (and NaN theirs associated talk NaN undefineds).

My order of preferences is (1) my latest (2) my original (3) Stepen’s alternative.

Thoughts? YBG (talk) 11:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)


 * My thought is that it needs wider input and you should think about methods for getting that. For example through an WP:RFC.  Schwede 66  15:42, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Schwede66 I don't think this really needs a full RFC. However it indeed does still seem to be "being discussed. @YBG drop a link to this at WP:VP/M, after a week someone can summarize whatever the consensus here is and reactivate the edit request. (Note: that could very well be "no consensus for change" with no ER needed). — xaosflux  Talk 16:08, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 * @Schwede66,@Stephen. Any thoughts on these alternatives?
 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess (and NaN theirs associated talk NaN undefineds).
 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess plus NaN theirs associated talk NaN undefineds.
 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess and NaN theirs associated talk NaN undefineds.
 * You have $1 NaN pagess on your watchlist (excluding talk pages).
 * There are (1) my preference, (2) my original proposal, (3) @Stephen’s alternative, and (4) the status quo.
 * Thoughts anyone?? YBG (talk) 05:58, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Number 1 looks good to me. – Novem Linguae (talk) 06:14, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * 1, then 3.  Schwede 66  09:04, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * 1, 3. Not convinced “associated” is really needed. Stephen 10:50, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
 * 1 and 3, and I agree w/ Stephen that "associated" may be dropped. SWinxy (talk) 03:09, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I think that eliminating "associated" would be just fine. Had I thought about it before my post above, I probably would not have included it. YBG (talk) 05:02, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * As a regular editor, I just want the page count and ignore the rest of the message as boilerplate already noted. I like having the number prominently placed close to the start rather that buried in a sentence.  The current message is almost ideal for my needs; I might even change it to 1,234 pages are on your watchlist....  However, newer editors may have differing needs. Certes (talk) 12:40, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Revised watchlist details options
Based on the feedback above, I am removing the unneeded word “associated” from (1)/(2)/(3) and adding a new option (5).

Most previous previous !votes for (1) and (3) stated ambivalence for “associated”; anyone who really wants that word included can !vote for (1a), (2a), or (3a).

It seems safe to assume that this leaves previous participants’ numeric !votes unchanged; they are invited to state, restate or change their numeric !vote, especially if this assumption is faulty: @Certes, @Novem Linguae, @Pppery, @Schwede66, @Stephen, @SWinxy, and @Xaosflux.

These revised options include (1) my preference, (2) my original proposal without “associated”, (3) @Stephen’s alternative, (4) the status quo, and (5) @Certes’s alternative:

Thank you for your participation and patience. YBG (talk) 15:09, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess (and NaN theirs talk NaN undefineds).
 * 2) Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess plus NaN theirs talk NaN undefineds.
 * 3) Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess and NaN theirs talk NaN undefineds.
 * 4) You have $1 NaN pagess on your watchlist (excluding talk pages).
 * 5) $1 NaN pagess (and their talk pages) are on your watchlist.


 * I don't think we need to do a second survey. I think we have a clear consensus from the above survey that we should do the old #1 minus the word "associated", which is Your watchlist has $1 pages (and their talk pages). Shall we go ahead and make that change? – Novem Linguae (talk) 18:04, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree, a new survey in not necessary, but out of courtesy, I’d like to wait a couple of days before making a change. I don’t think there’s any rush. YBG (talk) 18:15, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Proposal
Unless there is an objection in the next few days, I will make a protected edit request to change the wording to this: i.e. this wiki markup: Pinging previous participants in this discussion: @Certes, @Novem Linguae, @Pppery, @Schwede66, @Stephen, @SWinxy, and @Xaosflux. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YBG (talk • contribs) 21:23, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess (and NaN theirs talk NaN pagess).
 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess (and NaN theirs talk NaN pagess).
 * That's fine. Thank you.  Schwede 66  21:42, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * YBG, I assume that last one will need to be  not  . —  Qwerfjkl  talk  14:50, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, and I’ve changed the text above. YBG (talk) 15:07, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ I've edited the mediawiki page with the new text. – Novem Linguae (talk) 17:31, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you!! YBG (talk) 22:59, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

How to avoid linking "here"
In the current watchlist-message, we say: Candidate statements can be seen here. I'm struggling a bit to come up with a more accessible alternative (the word here shouldn't be linked ). "Candidate statements have been prepared" sounds awkward. Anybody has a better idea? —Femke 🐦 (talk) 18:55, 2 December 2023 (UTC)


 * You can view the candidates' statements. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:35, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
 * That works, thanks. When you vote there are more links to the mysterious here in the instructions, but no idea how to change that. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:44, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Femke bit of a pain now (it's in the election config). Can you leave a note at the following page, include where you see it, what it says now, what you suggest it says instead. Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2023 — xaosflux  Talk 19:45, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I disagree with this blog post, at least specifically for Wikipedia UI. Our interface messages have a very egregious problem with linking random words in their body text, making it difficult to determine which of them is the proper link. A bolded "here" is typically the only thing that indicates where to click without making people read huge paragraphs of text. Maybe it's bad for SEO, but I don't think we really care about that, and we aren't formatting our pages as simple single-link call-to-actions, so most of the points here don't really apply imo. The accessibility concern it brings up uses screenshots (of what? it doesn't tell us what program) from Windows XP, and the other complaint (that seeing the word "click" causes people using phones to feel alienated) seems completely arbitrary. jp×g🗯️ 04:45, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I feel like the main accessibility concern was for speech synthesis (screen readers), which I guess will let you select links to follow from a list, based on their text. In that context (i.e. none), the text piped into a link should carry some information about where it points. Folly Mox (talk) 05:30, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, that's what I mean -- they say that in the blog post, but then their reason for it is screenshots from WinXP, which was released over 20 years ago. If someone who uses a screen reader says that this is the deal, then I will accept it's the deal, but I don't know how much I believe "some program in 2002 worked this way". I don't know who Granicus is but they don't seem to be very great at web accessibility; when I went to their front page it used 253 requests to load 8,510 kilobytes over the course of 17.89 seconds (for a couple screen heights of content), used parallax scroll (i.e. broke the default browser scrollbar behavior) for a "fun" effect, and featured its tagline in light gray text over a white gradient over a light gray background. jp×g🗯️ 05:59, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah I understand, thanks for clarifying. That is a pretty good point. I imagine the software has advanced and is probably able to contextualise links better nowadays, and also say more ads at people. Folly Mox (talk) 06:48, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Here's the relevant official guidance: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-text and at https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/F84 and an associated 'tip' https://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere and covered in an article at Mystery meat navigation and in our MOS at Manual of Style/Accessibility. Hope that helps. Quiddity (talk) 17:23, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * This is indeed true for most websites. On Wikipedia specifically, we have a quite pervasive issue with this exact style being used ubiquitously for links to completely interface-irrelevant pages. For example, this actual MediaWiki message says:
 * Your watchlist has $1 NaN pagess (and NaN theirs talk NaN pagess).
 * Where does "watchlist" link? According to these guidelines, this is the style you're supposed to use for a link to the watchlist itself -- but instead it links to a completely different page that's a general explanation of the idea of a watchlist. The same is true for the text "talk pages" -- per this advice, this should be a link to a list of the talk pages on your watchlist, or something directly relevant to the task of checking it. But instead, it is a link to Help:Talk pages, an explanatory document telling you what a talk page is. This is useful... literally once, the first time you ever read it; every subsequent time someone check their watchlist, it's just a useless button and visual noise that distracts from the interface elements (i.e. "three of these links actually do something, the rest are WP:EASTEREGGs that exit whatever you were in the middle of doing and take you to a random help page). jp×<b style="color: #029D74">g</b>🗯️</b> 23:14, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I grok the frustration with inconsistency. Although, I think those guidelines are also framed around "content", whereas in-line interface documentation has a somewhat different set of style guides/expectations, where specialized jargon-words often link to their definitions/documentation, and are especially intended for non-expert viewers of the UI. Hence I think it makes sense to link to Help:Watchlist, and arguably to Help:Talk_pages (so many readers and brand-new-editors are unaware of talkpages!).
 * Plus, we're just transcluding MediaWiki:Watchlist-messages into the MediaWiki:Watchlist-details part of the UI, hence this thread is mixing together "content" discussions (the original re-wording suggestion) with this "UI" discussion, which possibly adds more confusion!? (I.e. If you're proposing we unlink those keywords, perhaps start a new thread?). HTH! Quiddity (talk) 00:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

NPP January backlog drive
I'd like to request that the following notice be added to the watchlist until December 31, 23:59 UTC:

"Sign up now for the January 2024 New Page Patrol Backlog Drive. Review articles and earn barnstars!"

Thank you, Hey man im josh (talk) 14:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I think running this for 5 weeks might be too long. We normally run backlog drive watchlist messages for about a week, right? @Hey man im josh, if this only runs for a week, would you like it to start now or on January 1? – Novem Linguae (talk) 20:42, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Novem Linguae, thank you for pointing this out to me. I actually wanted this to only go until the end of the month (December 31st) but had a brain fart this morning and put January instead! Hey man im josh (talk) 20:45, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Cool. from me then. While not everyone is an NPP reviewer, there are clear instructions for how to apply at WP:PERM/NPP at that link, so I think running this to a wide audience would be helpful. Will let someone more uninvolved make the final decision. – Novem Linguae  (talk) 20:51, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * @Hey man im josh you can (at least as far as I know) edit the page and add it yourself if you want and it's a +1 from me too. Zippybonzo &#124; talk  &#124;  contribs  (he&#124;she&#124;they) 21:29, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand I could add it myself, but given that I'm a coordinator of this drive, I feel it's better if someone uninvolved does it. Hey man im josh (talk) 21:43, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 23:42, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup?
Not sure if this is allowed, but maybe there could be a message encouraging WikiCup participation? With four days until the start and 44 entrants, the participation feels a bit thin (in past years its usually been closer to 100, see e.g. 2022 with 97). Would something like that be alright? Not sure if they're any good, but two ideas of how they could look I came up with: "Sign up now for the 2024 WikiCup, Wikipedia's annual editing competition." Or it could be: "Sign up now for the 2024 WikiCup. Improve content and try to be the upcoming year's Wikipedia champion!" Thanks, BeanieFan11 (talk) 21:25, 27 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Support. Can folks sign up after it's started? (In other words, how long should we have this run? Up to a week should be fine.) – Novem Linguae (talk) 23:12, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, users can sign up after it starts (and up to one month after, in fact - though I think its better for one to sign up before it starts as then one can maximize the time they have to score points) - one week would be fine. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:47, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
 * As one of the judges, I agree—I think it'd be all right to run this for a week. Epicgenius (talk) 23:13, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:29, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

GOCE January 2024 drive
Please add the following watchlist notice: Sign up here for the month-long Guild of Copy Editors' January copy-editing drive. Have fun, improve articles, and earn barnstars! Thank you. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:00, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Uncited articles backlog drive
I would like to add the following watchlist notice from today to 31 January: Hate unreferenced articles? Sign up now for the Unreferenced Articles Backlog Drive and earn barnstars! CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 09:59, 20 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Note: this was in light of the PROD uncited articles discussion and it has been featured in centralized discussion. The drive is mentioned as one of the possible alternative for PRODing. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 10:01, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tweaked your wording slightly, hope that's okay &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:17, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 12:39, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

U4C charter ratification vote
Hi, the vote to ratify the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) charter (VPM announcement) is ongoing until February 2nd. There is a CentralNotice running in parallel. Based on the last UCoC-related watchlist message, I would like to propose the following message:

Please let me know what you think. Thank you. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 03:13, 22 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @RamzyM (WMF) above you linked to a past BOT election, not a UCOC item - is this meant to link elsewhere? — xaosflux  Talk 11:44, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * In general, we don't like to duplicate notices that are already on CN, but exemptions are made from time to time. — xaosflux  Talk 11:45, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Heh, I meant to link to MediaWiki_talk:Watchlist-messages/Archive_11. Apologies, that's what the "last UCoC-related watchlist message" I was referring to. RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 11:47, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, seems reasonable - will leave open for a few days to see if there is any feedback (unless another admin wants to come along and just do it). — xaosflux  Talk 12:00, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Following up on this, xaosflux; would it be a good addition to the WLM? Thanks, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:45, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * As no objections were raised, I'll add it up. — xaosflux  Talk 14:46, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Many thanks :) RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:48, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @RamzyM (WMF) well I was about to, but there seems to be a problem with your link - please check. The call to action link is meta:Universal Code of Conduct/Enforcement guidelines/Voting - however that page is marked as historical/obsolete. Please check the link, or the target. —  xaosflux  Talk 14:49, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ^ fixed, sorry about that. RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:50, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ thanks for the quick fix - notice added. —  xaosflux  Talk 14:52, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The voting period has now ended, thank you very much for allowing this to be included. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 02:03, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 10 February 2024
Please add the following watchlist notice: Steward Elections and Confirmations are currently taking place on Meta. A summary of the candidates and process is available at our Village Pump.

I'm not certain this is appropriate, in particular the inclusion of the link to the Village Pump page - I believe such a link is useful, as it reduces the effort required for editors to understand what is happening and to participate, and I have attempted to make the summary there neutral, but at the same time it is abnormal to include such a link. BilledMammal (talk) 16:02, 10 February 2024 (UTC)


 * The shorter the better for watchlist messages. Suggest removing ; participating ensures the English Wikipedia is represented in this important process. – Novem Linguae (talk) 17:06, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I wanted to include some sort of call to action, to encourage editors to step out of our small sphere, but I trust your experience; removed. BilledMammal (talk) 17:07, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I believe this is already being advertised on a site notice (I have seen it several times). I'm not sure it needs further exposure? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:28, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The only notice I have seen for it is WP:CENT? BilledMammal (talk) 21:55, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @BilledMammal: It’s currently a CentralNotice. All the best, &zwj;—&zwj;a smart kitten[ meow] 22:38, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you; I think it would still be best to have a watchlist notification, as I believe that it gets more engagement from active editors. BilledMammal (talk) 23:07, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I would oppose a watchlist notice when there is already a central notice. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:43, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, there is a central notice, depending on your settings it may or may not appear periodically. I'm in the confirmation, so recuse on posting this myself. I'd be wary about linking to a fork of results etc here, that may go stale. — xaosflux  Talk 23:31, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I plan to keep the summary up to date - and if I fail to do so, I don't think it would be much effort to remove it from the notification? BilledMammal (talk) 23:07, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

2024 requests for adminship review
Would request that the following text be added: Thanks! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 23:24, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process. Phase I, which allows for proposals that can be trialed and reviewed, is open for discussion now.


 * The shorter the better for watchlist notices. May want to remove the second sentence. – Novem Linguae (talk) 23:58, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
 * No objection to the poster doing as much, I've never written a watchlist message before and wouldn't know the style guide. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 01:09, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ with the shorter version. I also note there is support for a watchlist notice at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/2024 review. – Novem Linguae (talk) 01:31, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

March 2024 GA review backlog drive
Hello! Could this be set to run from 0:00 UTC on March 1st (tomorrow) for 7 days thereafter? Thank you!


 * Sign up for the March 2024 Good Article Nominations Backlog Drive, open now! Review articles and earn barnstars!

Appreciate your assistance. —Ganesha811 (talk) 17:29, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * it's the first day of the drive today, so this would be helpful ASAP. &#126;~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ – Novem Linguae (talk) 21:30, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks! —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:06, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

GOCE March 2024 drive
Please add the following watchlist notice:

Sign up here for the month-long Guild of Copy Editors' March copy-editing drive. Have fun, improve articles, and earn barnstars!

Thank you. Dhtwiki (talk) 02:36, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:41, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

GA backlog drive
Hello! Could this be set to run from 0:00 UTC on March 15th (Friday) for 3 days thereafter? Thank you!


 * It's not too late to join the Good Article Nominations backlog drive, open until the end of the month! Review articles and earn barnstars!

Thank you! —Ganesha811 (talk) 20:18, 12 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I think there has already been a watchlist message for this event, which ran for a week. We probably shouldn't bombard people with these messages. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Agreed. --<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif"> qedk ( t  愛  c ) 12:00, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

The Core Contest 2024
Hi all! Would love to give The Core Contest a shout out to draw in more folks. Thinking a week long notice, beginning whenever possible (we like to draw in people early so they have time to prepare). I imagine the text we used last year would suffice:


 * Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

Thanks,  Aza24  (talk)   02:40, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅, but also, you didn't use, better to do that to get more admin eyes. --<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Geneva,sans-serif"> qedk ( t  愛  c ) 12:03, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah good point, but thank you anyways  Aza24  (talk)   14:37, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Derby 150 Drive
I have tried to recruit in the usual spots but the reach has turned out to be too limited, so I would like to request a watchlist message. Here is the message I propose:
 * In celebration of the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, international fans are invited to join the Derby 150 article development and backlog drive taking place during the Kentucky Derby Festival, April 20 – May 5, 2024. Sign up here.

Please by all means suggest alternate language that you think may work better. Thank you for your consideration. Stefen Towers among the rest!  Gab • Gruntwerk 22:01, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Personally I think this is of too limited an interest to our global audience for a watchlist notice. Stephen 05:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, that increases the chances I will have to cancel the event. I'll give it a few days to see if anyone signs up but it's looking doubtful. I should have realized the editors are too depleted on this site to make a go. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 05:19, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Given that you're responsible for 95% of the edits to WikiProject Louisville, and 100% of the edits to your backlog drive pages, I think you know where this is going. Stephen 02:13, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Blaming committed long-timers for the utter ongoing depletion of editors at the Wikipedia doesn't exactly have the best look. Would you rather nobody does the work? I think that can be arranged. Heh. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 03:40, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I wasn't blaming you for anything, just pointing out that no other editor seems interested in editing your pages. Stephen 06:44, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, frankly, that you don't seem to know the high international regard for the underlying event really should have meant you let somebody else answer. Belittling the very well known Kentucky Derby is very odd. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 03:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The underlying daily pageviews for the Kentucky Derby Festival is 15 as you can see here. We use watchlist notices for events of global reach. Something with 15 daily views falls way outside that scope, I'm afraid. Sorry, Stefen.  Schwede 66  04:23, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The festival around the derby is just the period of time for the drive. It's largely about the Kentucky Derby, which got 33,081 pageviews the past 30 days and this number is climbing considerably higher over the next couple weeks as you may surmise. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 04:29, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have updated the message to link to the core of this subject, the Kentucky Derby. Does 1,100 daily pageviews do it? Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 04:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * No. Not for a global audience.  Schwede 66  05:17, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I didn't belittle the Kentucky Derby, and you know nothing about my knowledge of it. Stephen 06:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The Kentucky Derby lacks global relevance and a backlog drive organised around the subject would hold no interest for most editors. – Teratix ₵ 05:41, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Whew. The decision is the decision but that statement is like saying Muhammad Ali and KFC lack global relevance. All three are widely known around the globe. I'm flummoxed. You know this is THE KENTUCKY DERBY, right? Part of the Triple Crown of Horse Racing? World renowned. Egad. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 05:47, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I wouldn't support watchlist notices for backlog drives around Ali or KFC, either – again, not the sort of thing many editors would participate in. – Teratix ₵ 05:58, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

NPP May backlog drive
I'd like to request that the following notice be added to watchlists until April 30, 23:59 UTC:

"Sign up now for the May 2024 New Pages Patrol backlog drive. Review articles and earn barnstars!"

Thank you, Hey man im josh (talk) 17:47, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ for one week. I'm an NPP coordinator so I'm a little biased, but there's no objections in this talk page section, and in the past these have always been approved. – Novem Linguae (talk) 02:19, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

U4C election vote
Hi, the vote to elect inaugural members of the U4C is ongoing until May 9th, 2024. There will be a CentralNotice running in parallel. Based on the last UCoC-related watchlist message, I would like to propose the following message:

Let me know if there's anything else that will need to be added, and thanks for your consideration. Best, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 07:44, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Changed the first bold to ul, standard convention is to have one bold "call to action". — xaosflux  Talk 13:34, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ for one week. I removed the underline and condensed the text a bit. Hopefully these changes are OK. Let me know if you'd like it modified. – Novem Linguae (talk) 02:26, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, looks good for me. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 03:19, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

GOCE May 2024 drive
Please add the following watchlist notice:

Sign up here for the month-long Guild of Copy Editors' May copy-editing drive. Have fun, improve articles, and earn barnstars!

Thank you. Dhtwiki (talk) 05:17, 29 April 2024 (UTC)


 * This has not been acted on. It is similar to messages that have been posted before, for our bi-monthly drives. Is there something more I need to do to get it posted? The GOCE May drive is well underway. Dhtwiki (talk) 08:07, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ - not really, we were just a bit backlogged. I suppose the only thing you could have done is format the entire message in your ask to make it even easier to load in, see example in the edit request above. —  xaosflux  Talk 10:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I will consider using the template in the future. Dhtwiki (talk) 23:52, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

WikiProject Women in Green - June 2024 Good Article Editathon
I'd like to request that this notice be added to the watchlist. Keeping the notice up until June 3 or 4 would be excellent -- our event starts on June 1st, so we're hoping to attract new participants up into the first week of the month. (@, just pinging you here to let you know I've made the request!)

"Sign up here for WikiProject Women in Green's 'Going Back in Time' Good Article (GA) editathon, running through June 2024. Learn new GA skills, help improve articles about women and women's works, and earn a special barnstar!"

Thank you, Alanna the Brave (talk) 01:27, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Done, Stephen 03:44, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Second notice for an RFA once voting starts
If someone plans to bump the cookie number (or however it works) when the current RFA gets to the voting stage, causing the watchlist notice for this RFA to reappear for those who dismissed it, I'd like to request that it be discussed before it's just unilaterally done. I don't agree with it. Whether it's discussed now - before we're sure it will be needed - or when a request is made, I don't care too much about. Floquenbeam (talk) 18:12, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Agree, that should not become a standard practice without first discussing it. — xaosflux  Talk 22:55, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Citation needed backlog drive
I'm requesting that a watchlist notice advertising WikiProject Reliability/June 2024 Drive run from now to about June 10th.

"Want to improve Wikipedia's reliability? Compete in WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive starting on June 1st and replace citation needed tags with references!"

Thanks, Cremastra (talk) 12:30, 22 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Please, the drive is coming up very soon. Cremastra (talk) 20:02, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * — xaosflux  Talk 20:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ ran it until the 7th. — xaosflux  Talk 20:18, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank-you so much. Cremastra (talk) 20:27, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Watchlist suggestion
I suggest that we have a watchlist announcement about the ongoing Wikimedia Foundation election. This affects all WMF projects, and is of direct interest to the Wikipedia community.

I propose something along the lines of...

"The Wikimedia Foundation Board election process is ongoing. There are four open seats on the Board of Trustees, and twelve candidates running in the election. Until June 12th, you may ask questions to the candidates here. You can use this tool to verify if you are eligible to participate in the election."

Thoughts? Pecopteris (talk) 01:05, 5 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm going to ping @Xaosflux, since they responded to the previous posts. Pecopteris (talk) 19:17, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * My hesitation here is the knowledge that the meta:Special:CentralNotice folks probably have a plan for when to call for participation from the projects. This election has so many stages that adding a notice for each would probably lead to banner blindness. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 19:20, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * At this stage, unless I'm missing something, the only thing really available is the last couple days of the month-long "submit questions" phase - so we're sort of too late here. There may be some more CentralNotices on this going around as well; suggest we wait until voting is open to put a WLN up here. For right now, feel free to put a reminder at WP:VPWMF for the end of the current phase. This isn't a "hard no" if some other admin wants to do this, I just don't think it is the best use of this space. — xaosflux  Talk 19:24, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't mind adding this. It's important to get enwiki involved in this process. But I think it should be shorter and have 0-1 bolded links instead of 4. Suggested rewrite:
 * The Wikimedia Foundation Board election process is ongoing. There are four open seats on the Board of Trustees, and twelve candidates running in the election. Until June 12th, you may ask questions to the candidates.
 * – Novem Linguae (talk) 21:09, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * That looks great, @Novem Linguae. Pecopteris (talk) 23:08, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Novem Linguae seems fine, and yes one bold "call to action" is the norm. — xaosflux  Talk 09:20, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * They’re only proposed questions that may be asked though. Not exactly asking questions to the candidates. Stephen 12:52, 8 June 2024 (UTC)


 * ❌ I'm going to somewhat-involved close this, because would end up expiring in about 5 hours from now even if it were done. if there is another major phase coming feel free to represent (possibly for whatever the August 2024	Panel Interview is going to be). Any admin that wants to do it anyway, feel free. —  xaosflux  Talk 19:00, 11 June 2024 (UTC)