User:GloryRoad66/Almanac

GloryRoad66 Almanac: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Current Standard Universal Time: Today is Monday, July 29, 2024; it is now (UTC)
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AfD • RfA • CSD • tpl • new • stubs • (c) • MoS • prod • newusers • Article Improvement• AIV



Articles/edit projects

 * Links to articles

Quick checks

 * New page feed
 * Afc submissions list
 * Edits waiting review/pending edits backlog
 * Afd - click into recent dates for logs of pending articles/discussions
 * Deletion Log
 * Featured article candidates
 * Peer review
 * RfA
 * Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll
 * Warning templates - talk page warning templates
 * Global Wiki - my edits in different languages and versions of Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * Wikimedia Meta-Wiki - my Global user page at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (the central/control of global Wiki)
 * My User page at commons
 * Talk page when bot set to archive discussion every 7 days - diff.
 * Album Liner Notes.com
 * Free search tool - finds public domain images

Wikipedia format for style

 * Manual of Style (MOS)

Page patrol and curation



 * Patrols
 * Page patrol review ratings: (GA, A, and FA involve separate processes)

New page patrol

 * Page Curation
 * New page patrol
 * Tutoiral pew page patrol
 * New page feed - go here to curate/patrol/review new articles (select filter: New Page Patrol)
 * Discussion new page patrol
 * Earwig's Copyright Violation Detector
 * Curation Toolbar

Guidelines for reviewing new pages

 * 1) WP:NPP
 * User: Garagepunk66/Advice for adding tags - advice from another editor about adding tags

Stub sorting

 * WikiProject Stub sorting
 * Stub message templates - place custom messages for stubs (based on topic area or article)
 * Stub categories

Patrolling recent changes/pending changes

 * Recent changes edits
 * Edits waiting review/pending edits backlog

Articles for Creation

 * Afc
 * Afc reviewing instructions
 * Afc helper script (tools) - to activate, go into Preferences (in Gadgets section ) and check off "Yet Another AfC Helper Script", then save (then clean cache)
 * Afc submissions info.
 * Pending AfC submissions - list of Afc submissions (to be reviewed)
 * New page/Afc feed - go here to review AFC submissions (select filter: Articles for Creation)
 * Afc pending submissions by age list of Afc submissions by age
 * Drafts
 * Afc review ratings: (GA, A, and FA involve separate processes)

Notability
Notability Notability (music)

Deleting articles

 * 1) Bad articles
 * 2) More bad kinds of articles
 * 3) WP:CSD - speedy deletion
 * 4) AfD fails WP:NORG

Articles for deletion (Afd)

 * Articles for deletion (Afd)
 * Afd log today
 * Deletion Log

Article rating reviews
Cat class
 * Article development
 * WikiProject Quality Article Improvement
 * Official classes of articles
 * Official classes of articles (music)
 * Stand-Alone Lists
 * Classes of articles (biography):

Rating symbols, etc.
Created || Expanded || DYK ||  GAN ||  GA ||  FAC/FLC ||  FA/FL ||  FOUR ||  VITAL ||  MILLION

FA

 * Featured articles (FA) - FA-Class reviews are done according to process (see instructions below)
 * Featured article criteria - a list of attributes (criteria) expected of a Featured article
 * Featured article candidates (FAC) instructions - for articles to be nominated to become new featured articles
 * FAC coordinators:
 * Ian Rose
 * Gog the Mild
 * Buidhe
 * Hog Farm


 * Former FAC coordinators:
 * Laser brain
 * Sarastro1


 * Mentoring for FAC - first time FAC nominators may request a mentor (recommended)
 * FA review process - for pre-existing FA articles that need to be re-assessed
 * Featured article re-review/delist instructions

Peer Review (prior to FA review)

 * Peer review - it is recommended that articles go through a peer review before being nominated for FA candidacy (it is best that peer reviews be done on only for articles that are already GA or A)
 * Peer review guidelines
 * Peer review closure policies
 * Peer review tools

TFA (for articles that have been rated FA)

 * Today's featured article
 * Today's featured article/requests
 * TFA coordinators' scheduling page

A

 * A-Class review process and criteria - A-class reviews are done according to process that involves either two reviewers or a team of reviewers from a Wikiproject (see instructions).
 * A-Class biography (musicians) articles - A-class has not been available for music articles for quite some time.

GA

 * Good articles (GA)
 * GA review process - GA-Class reviews are done according to process (see instructions).
 * Good article nominations
 * Wikipedians by good article nominations (WP:WBGAN) - list that can assist in finding editors to help with GA
 * Did you know - see below: DYK (for articles that have recently been rated GA)
 * Good Articles promoted by GloryRoad66

G.A. Review Criteria

 * 1) It is reasonably well written:
 * Prose is clear and precise:
 * Spelling and grammar:
 * Lead section (as per Manual of style):
 * Layout (as per Manual of style):
 * Words to watch:
 * List(s) incorporation (if applicable):
 * 2) Verifiable and factually accurate
 * All in-line citations from reliable sources:
 * No original research:
 * List of notes and references:
 * Respects copyrights and no plagiarism:
 * Respects copyright laws:
 * 3) Broad in its coverage:
 * Addresses main aspects of topic:
 * Stays focused on topic:
 * 4) Neutral in tone and point of view:
 * 5) It is stable.
 * No edit wars, etc.:
 * 6) It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
 * a) (images are tagged and non-free content have Fair use rationales)
 * b) Appropriate use with suitable captions:
 * c) Tagged w/ copyright or valid use descriptions:
 * d) Images relevant to topic:
 * 7) Overall:
 * Pass or Fail [[File:Symbol oppose vote.svg|]]:

Nominating article for GA: Special formula if normally prescribed method does not work

 * 1) Paste  to the top of the article talk page. Do not place it inside another template such as WikiProjectBannerShell.
 * 2) Add a parameter for the topic: topic and indicate the name of the article you want considered for GA.
 * 3) For the subtopic parameter, add one of the following 30 subtopic sections headers that best defines the article:
 * Agriculture, food and drink · Art and architecture · Computing and engineering · Transport · Geography · Places · World history · Royalty, nobility and heraldry · Language and literature · Mathematics and mathematicians · Film · Television · Media and drama · Albums · Songs · Music · Biology and medicine · Chemistry and materials science · Earth sciences · Physics and astronomy · Philosophy and religion · Culture, sociology and psychology · Education · Economics and business · Law · Magazines and print journalism · Politics and government · Sports and recreation · Video games · Warfare
 * If it doesn't fit under any of the above categories, then leave the field blank. The nomination will be sorted in the Miscellaneous section.


 * 1) At the end, add a parameter: four tildes (but no = sign) and proceed to sign your user name inserting your four tildes.
 * 2) Save the page. A bot will add the nomination to the GA nominations page under the chosen subtopic heading to indicate that the article is ready to be reviewed.

DYK (for new articles or articles that have recently been expanded or rated GA)

 * Did You Know... (DYK) - DYK main page
 * Did you know/Supplementary guidelines - DYK instructions
 * Did you know/Reviewing guide - DYK instructions (specifically for nominations)
 * DYK nominations archive - past articles I've nominated for DYK (or that have been nominated by others)
 * Process:
 * 1) Read instructions (see above)
 * 2) DYK nominations - look at the DYK nominations
 * Observe the format used.
 * Go to templates of some of the nominations to see how they are set up in edit space.
 * Set up your nomination in sandobox before submitteing—use the formula observed in other nominations' templates.
 * 3) Nominate an article - copy and paste your setup into the nomination, then submit—it will create a template for your nomination
 * 4) DYK awaiting approval (review) - progress of reviews/articles awaiting approval or rejection—respond to and address the reviewer's suggestions in thread underneath the nomination
 * 5) DYK/Approved - check to see if article is approve (approved articles show here)
 * 6) DYK prep-queue - check to see when approved article is scheduled to appear on DYK (newly approved articles will initially be prepared and wait in the Prep area before they go into the Prep queue—they will go into the Pre queue shortly before they appear on DYK)
 * 7) DYK

B

 * B-Class criteria - B-Class designations are usually placed by experienced editors involved in relevant WikiProjects (or Afc reviewing/New page patrol)
 * WikiProject Albums/Assessment
 * How to nominate a page for assessemnt
 * WikiProject Film/Assessment/B-Class
 * WikiProject Film/Assessment
 * Requests for film assessment

C

 * C-Class criteria - C-Class designations are usually placed by experienced editors involved in relevant WikiProjects (or Afc reviewing/New page patrol)

Start
- Start-Class designations are usually placed by page reviewers (including Afc reviewing and New page patrol) or editors involved in relevant WikiProjects

Stub

 * Stub- Stub-Class designations are usually placed by page reviewers (including Afc reviewing and New page patrol)
 * Stubs tags to place for different music topics

Tags for reviewing

 * [[Image:Time2wait.svg|20px]] This process may take 7 days.
 * Not yet determined.
 * OK
 * OK
 * OK
 * OK
 * OK
 * OK

For help with reviews

 * Binksternet - for help and advice with reviews
 * Ritchie333 - for help and advice with reviews
 * Kielana - for reviews
 * Kopper65

Wiki databases

 * The Wikipedia Library/Databases

Downloading images
Instructions:
 * Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard.
 * Album/single/EP covers, single covers (and similar items) are automatically usable in Wikipedia if they are placed in the main infobox of their corresponding article (but do not place them elsewhere); the images are very easy to find on the Internet (i.e. the 'images' page in Google).
 * Album/single/EP covers: Don't worry about finding a copyright tag or whatever when you save the image from that search – as long as the image is of the front cover, you are 100% covered for 'fair use' no matter how you find the image.
 * There is some language that you need to attach with the uploaded file to show the 'use rationale' for the image, and that you are making it under 'fair use'. Here is an example of an uploaded which has the attachments in it:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StonePoneys-CD-2.jpg.
 * Open the file as though you were going to edit it, that will show the details on what you need there. You can then copy that over to the file that is created after you upload an image.  You can use previous upload to get that; the layout, etc. has to be exact, or it doesn't work right.
 * The uploading goes to 'Wikimedia' actually, not to Wikipedia directly, so don't let that throw you off.
 * Useful template

Other tools for images

 * Special upload
 * Upload file wizard
 * Media copyright questions
 * FAST Free Image Search Tool - finds free public domain photographs and images
 * Fast Free Image Search Tool

Citations and references

 * For citations taken from LP/CD/DVD liner notes: Inside the brackets between the ref. tags, set up the bracket info. as "cite AV Media" and indicate what type of piece (type=liner notes). Include  serial number (id=...)

Example:


 * Citation setup:
 * sfnm Citations: Sfnm citations are used for books and are similar to sfn citations, but allow multiple sources to be listed in one citation
 * Fixing citation problems
 * To create a Harvard-style endnote - I must be followed by a detailed reference to the book in separate Bibliography (or Works Cited) section afterward.
 * Harv and Sfn no-target errors Harv
 * HarvErrors.js
 * How to create a link between a Harvard ref citation and bibliography (done in bibliography/references bottom):
 * How to make proper Harvard notes when one author has more than one piece being referenced in the article, but there are no dates to differentiate - discussion on talk page where DuncanHill gave me advice. Initially had issue with this edit:  Learned: Do not put the author's topic in parenthesis in the Harvard citation.  Instead, do this:
 * In citation put "Last name of author about specific topic", for example
 * In reference bracket add: ref=CITEREFLast Name of author about Specific Topic, for example: )
 * Another method preferred by ActivelyDisinterested

References (example of list setup)


Codes

 * Ping other users:

Name


 * Other items:

for number lists:

(only for use on Templates with embedded refs, to prevent "no visible refs" error)


 * Redacted statement...
 * Return to left margin (i.e. after long preceding conversation on a thread):

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org

Page name
 * XTools - shows index of various Wiki data bases (controlled by XTools)
 * Grammarly - checks grammar and usage of passages of texts
 * WPCleaner
 * FAST Free Image Search Tool (see above in Image Uploads)
 * Stub message templates - place custom messages for stubs (based on topic area or article)
 * Purge cache - to purge the cache of a page, so that you can get an up-to-date transclusion
 * Sourcecheck
 * Google Books NGrams - checks to see the amount of time a term has been mentioned in books over the course of years
 * Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks – Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver – describes the Dab Solver and how to use it
 * Dab solver (tool) - Go here to quickly resolve ambiguous links
 * IRC
 * |Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
 * Altviewer – Check alternative text.
 * Help desk
 * Red link recovery
 * Wikipedia policies and guidelines
 * Pending changes
 * SPI
 * To find particular phrases or items in need of correction, go to text search command Ctrl+F
 * Template:Italic title
 * Template messages
 * Template messages
 * Template messages/Sources of articles
 * Disambiguation pages with links
 * Changing username/Simple
 * When using Google Books, to find a page number: click on the "link" icon, scroll across the URL generated in the "Paste in email or IM", look for a section starting &pg=PT123# .... the "123" there is the page number.
 * WP:PNTCU - for translations of Wiki articles in other languages
 * Template: In Use
 * Template:

Internet archives

 * Wayback Machine - archives of pages/websites (helpful in accessing old discontinued/dead websites (archive.org)
 * Wayback Machine - archives of pages/websites (archive.org)
 * Archive Today - for creating archives of web pages and accessing previously archived sites

Tempates

 * Templates archive
 * Templates - lists links to different categories/kinds of templates that can either be inserted into articles (for improvement) or onto user talk pages
 * Template index/Talk namespace
 * Template index/Talk namespace requests

Welcome templates

 * wp:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates
 * User:Suneye1/Welcome/blue-s ~

Icon image templates

 * Done/See also

Warning templates

 * wp:Template index/User talk namespace


 * Category:Non-English user warning templates


 * Uw-copying Article copied from

Article message templates

 * Article message template index - lists various templates that can be inserted at top of (or into sections of) articles for needed improvements
 * Template index/Section
 * Selection of current event templates

Merge/Split Templates

 * Template index merge/split - lists and shows examples of different kinds of proposed merges/splits

Music references and tools: chart positions, liner notes, etc.

 * List of reliable sources (music/albums)
 * Vital articles/Level/5
 * Vital articles/Level/5/People/Artists, musicians, and composers
 * Billboard - provides chart positions for records as ranked by their publication
 * Music VF - provides chart positions for records as determined by various publications
 * Album Liner Notes.com
 * 45Cat - website containing detailed information about thousands of 45 rpm records released over the last century
 * Template:Track listing
 * Template:Cite comic

Administrators

 * Fences and windows
 * Bishonen
 * User:Malcolmxl5
 * Wehwalt
 * Kirill Lokshin - WikiProject coordinator
 * The Interior
 * Swarm (talk)
 * Cullen328
 * Northamerica1000
 * Cabayi - also arbitrator, checkbuster, and name-changer
 * Liz (talk)
 * Casliber (talk)
 * Patar knight
 * LFarone (talk) - checkbuster
 * Northamerica1000 (talk)
 * User:7&amp;6=thirteen
 * Ritchie333 - admin. and GA reviewer, music
 * GB
 * Guerillero
 * User:Mike V - checkbuster
 * WP:ANI - investigations

Editors

 * Carptrash
 * Ian Rose - Featured Article Candidate coordinator, music
 * Gog the Mild - Featured Article Candidate coordinator
 * Buidhe - Featured Article Candidate coordinator
 * Hog Farm - Featured Article Candidate coordinator
 * Laser brain - FAC reviewer, former Featured Article Candidate coordinator
 * Sarastro1 - FAC reviewer, former Featured Article Candidate coordinator
 * Curly Turkey - FA reviewer
 * Binksternet - GA/FA reviewer
 * Ghmyrtle
 * Derek R Bullamore
 * Sabrebd
 * Rodw
 * zmbro
 * Tkbrett - has written extensively about the Kinks and 60s music
 * Hiddenstranger
 * Gerda Arendt - classical music, article improvement
 * Shaidar cuebiyar - has written about Australian rock
 * Softlavender
 * Rhododendrites - has written about Cambodian rock
 * JG66 - has written extensively about the Beatles and 60s music
 * LongLiveMusic - has written extensively about music, particularly 60s era
 * Niceguyedc - has written extensively about about music and sports
 * Nolabob - has written extensively on NOLA topics
 * DigitalIceAge - knowledgeable about DYK process
 * Vaticidalprophet - knowledgeable about DYK process
 * Lewismaster
 * Moxy
 * TheGracefulSlick
 * Ælfgar - has written extensively at French Wikipedia and is fluent in both French and English
 * Oldsanfelipe2 - knowledgeable about 19th Century Texas and Mexican history
 * AManWithNoPlan - knowledgeable about technical issues, format, citations, etc.
 * ActivelyDisinterested - focuses on making corrections and fixing; knowledgable about citation format (i.e. Harvard notes, etc.)
 * Whpq - knowledgeable about photo images and if they are able to be used in articles
 * Bonnie13J (talk) - knowledgeable about technical issues
 * Adakiko - knowledgeable about technical issues
 * Ijohn (talk) - knowledgeable about technical issues
 * Gonnym - knowledgable about technical iusses and templates
 * John of Reading - makes copyedit fixes and corrections
 * LilHelpa - makes copyedit fixes and corrections
 * GoingBatty - makes copyedit fixes and corrections
 * Billyshiverstick - makes copyedit fixes and corrections
 * Mutt Lunker - knowledgeable about British English
 * Jbhunley - knowledgeable about Wiki guidelines
 * Beauty School Dropout - focuses on page patrolling and anti-vandalism
 * Timefurtherout
 * Tintor2
 * Alsrigs
 * Lugnuts
 * Jpcase
 * Kopper65 - runs Garage Punk Hideout website
 * Hoboism - has written extensively on modern garage rock/garage punk
 * Jmabel - has written about 1980s garage revival bands


 * Ping other users:

Name

Helpful Wikipedia links

 * Wikipedia Library - Library of reliable sources and references
 * Manual of Style
 * Manual of Style/Layout
 * MOS Date range - proper way to present date ranges
 * Cite web - guidelines for creating citations
 * How to copy-edit
 * Vital articles/Level/5
 * Exceptions
 * Community portal
 * Article wizard
 * WikiProject Check Wikipedia
 * Lists of common misspellings
 * WikiProject Fix common mistakes
 * American and British English spelling differences
 * WP:Layout
 * CAT:COPY
 * Reviewing (screening edits)
 * Manual of Style
 * Manual of Style
 * Manual of Style
 * Manual of Style/Layout
 * WikiProject Rock music
 * WikiProject Albums
 * Today's articles for improvement
 * AfD (Articles for deletion)
 * Wikipedia talk:Verifiability
 * Wikipedia:Bot requests/Archive 55
 * WP:DRVOLUNTEERS
 * Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page
 * Wikipedia:Translation into English
 * Template:POV-statement and Template:Dubious
 * Articles with topics of unclear importance
 * Verifiability
 * Wikipedia:Specialpages
 * Full list of stub types
 * Creating Tables
 * Naming conventions (geographic names)
 * Citing sources
 * Reliable sources - WP:RS
 * Public domain resources :any material originally created by MosNews.com
 * WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage
 * Template:WikiProjectBanners
 * inapposite
 * Synthesis - WP:SYNTH
 * What SYNTH is not
 * Avoid weasel words - MOS:WEASEL
 * Avoid weasel words - MOS:WEASEL

British, Australian, and American English

 * Manual of Style/Spelling - includes British spellings of words
 * British English
 * British slang
 * Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States
 * Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom
 * Australian English

Global: at other versions of Wikipedia

 * Global account information - my activity in the various forms of Wikipedia globally
 * Global Wiki - my edits in different languages and versions of Wikipedia and Wikimedia
 * Wikimedia Meta-Wiki - my Global user page at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki (the central/control of global Wiki)
 * At Wiki Commons - my user page at Wiki Commons.
 * Wiki Commons requests for delete

Translations

 * Pages needing translation into English (WP:PNTCU)
 * WikiProject Intertranswiki
 * Google translate
 * Request assistance or proof reading from a French speaker
 * Ask a member of WikiProject France
 * Ask an active Wikipedian in France or any other native French speaking country
 * Akseli9 - French garage rock enthusiast.

WikiProjects/Templates for userboxes

 * WikiProject
 * WikiProject Council/Directory - list of WikiProjects in various topics
 * Discussion to create userbox for WikiProject Quality Article Improvement:
 * Userboxes/WikiProjects - lists userboxes for various WikiProjects
 * Template:User WikiProject Quality Article Improvement - page where userbox for WikiProject Quality Article Improvement was created
 * Template:User Garage rock taskforce - page where userbox for Garage_rock_taskforce was created
 * WikiProject Literature
 * Template:User WikiProject Literature - page where userbox for WikiProject Literature was created

User privileges/access



 * User group rights

Specific user privileges

 * Autoconfirmed - 10/31/12 (automatically generated)
 * AutopatrolledWikipedia Autopatrolled.svg - 10/9/15 by Swarm
 * Pending Changes ReviewerWikipedia Reviewer.svg - 10/9/15 by Swarm
 * Extended confirmed - 4/6/16 (automatically generated)
 * New page reviewerWikipedia New page reviewer.svgWikipedia Patroller.svg - 11/3/16 by Kudpung
 * Rollbacker[[file:Wikipedia Rollbacker.svg|20px]] - 1/14/18 by Fences and windows

Archive of history (user privileges)

 * User privileges archive

Service, recognition, and regards

 * Service Milestones
 * User:GloryRoad66/Recognition and regards
 * GAs and DYKs (events)
 * DYK nominations archive

Glyn Johns article

 * Glyn Johns
 * Change: merged references in Glyn Johns article - was changed so that one or two citations could cover for several sentences.
 * Glyn Johns article (7/1/23) before removal of redundant citations from his autobiography
 * Glyn Johns article on 7/3/23, before the removal of some the efn notes about phasing and flanging sound effects (See efn notes in Small Faces section).
 * Glyn Johns article (7/3/23) before and after changing multiple page citations: dif.
 * Glyn Johns article (7/3/23): unsourced information about Johns' family that I removed until proper sources can be found. diff.

User page old look

 * User page old look

60s garage/psych

 * Garage/psych archive