User:Mediation4u/todo

Mediation List
Credo - No personal view is held. Solely involved to attempt to retain good editors to continue their work on Wikipedia. I don't have the spare time to devote to the creativity and effort required which is growing Wikipedia into such an esteemed resource. At best I can help good editors continue their work. At the least, editors will see that theirs was not a lone voice in a bureaucracy of seemingly intractable policies.

Further credo... a call to arms - don't be a bystander - Deeds Not Words - See also Golden Rule, The no-harm-principle, Wiccan Rede "harm none". Evil will be done, so good must act

Example mediation by Mediation4u (talk) 15:34, 28 June 2011 (UTC) editing is fun

✅ successful mediation NPOV dispute resolved, prompted consensus to be reached and tag removed. Spirituality is a hot topic.

✅ successful mediation Factual accuracy dispute resolved, tiptoeing carefully in the Scientology minefield, and tag removed.

✅ successful mediation Mediated to address the Weasel Word concerns and also preserved the authors original intention. Reworded article. Weasel tag removed Mental property

✅ successful mediation  POV issue resolved and tag removed: The_Crooked_E:_The_Unshredded_Truth_About_Enron

✅ successful mediation Consensus established: notable. Added scientific evidence. Fixed syntax errors Global Orgasm

✅ successful mediation. Consensus: Not notable, neologism, "evidence". Creator offered BackupOfPage DeleteDiscussion Human_fitBackup

✅ successful mediation Consensus established: notable. Added scientific evidence. Fixed syntax errors Global Orgasm

✅ successful mediation notable reference added, so Citation Box removed. Wishful thinking

✅ successful mediation Moved tags to prompt improvement of the article and improve readability. Golden_Rule

✅ successful mediation Addressed concerns, summarised consensus, removed ugly tag. - WikiQuote:Love

✅ successful mediation New article and redirects fixed for Anesthesiologist Assistant

✅ Added new redirect pages - man's cruelty to man - DONE:  Man's cruelty to man

Underway

 * Looking at these in July 2024
 * Village pump (policy)

+ Refs. Checklist on talk page. Good comments, all valid, you could be bold and update the article yourself.
 * Social undermining - simple grammar!!!


 * Re-drafting and log of prior discussion: User:Mediation4u/Christmas 2020 kindness proposal


 * Investigate and demonstrate a redirect page going to an "anchor" tag. however anchors always get deleted, so need to create a sub-heading and see if a redirect page can redirect to a sub-heading.  use the Smaug example to answer the question on the Village Pump positive proposal.


 * Add a redirect, or an addition to Wikiquote, perhaps: Deeds, not words Acta non verba,  Motto of Emmeline Pankhurst
 * Technical debt   - lorra, lorra causes.  Work on mediation to remove ugly tag(s) there.


 * Deeds not words example - Deletionpedia is a good place for inclusionists to keep each other company with a bit of hugge. /Deletionpedia membership
 * Backlog elimination drives and Blitzes run by the Guild of Copy Editors.


 * Man's cruelty to man - ugly tag at page header. mediate, simplify some sections, transferring to wikiquote, as suggested.

in time for next December, draft it: User:Mediation4u/Christmas 2020 kindness proposal find the "view page source" button, or use "links-to-here" to find the "users looking for help", AFC table of statistics and vandalism meter. Excellent anti-vandal features, here: User:Happysailor

User:Happysailor/Userpage

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how to include...


 * currently the disambig page has: A credo is a statement of belief, especially of a religious nature.  Credo, Latin translation: "I believe" refers to core, fundamental, unshakeable personal principles, firmly held.  (citation needed...)  then link to disambig page on credo page.    Mediation4u  (chat)nb: editing is fun 08:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

vandalism meters
Keep an eye on when to jump in to help.

who they become, because of you. Limbic revision
Are you feeling philosophical today? If so... “You don’t marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they become as a result of being married to you.” -Richard Needham

Ref:

https://www.happywivesclub.com/marriage-quotes/ Paste this to the "limbic resonance" wiki page, in the limbic revision section.

Miles Kington
The humorist and playwright who wrote for Punch, The Telegraph, Bristol New Vic and Southwark Playhouse. There is a personal life section missing from Miles Kington page. Mediation may be required. Perhaps it has been redacted by fans to white wash history, or reduce embarrassment - look in page history.

On Talk, Suggested links to remove citation Maintenance Tag
This link could be used to support several of the tech-debt reasons: http://www.ontechnicaldebt.com/uncategorized/the-causes-of-technical-debt-do-not-exist-in-a-vacuum/ Then the tag can be removed.


 * Versity work >> v:User:Mediation4u <<

Things to work on in July 2024

Vandalism found
A Registered user is on a spree of editing with "grammer" correction listed as the edit reason. [user: |https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Deathisaninevitability,soifearitnot-1234]

It all looks like vandalism to me.

Example -  extant being changed to extent

[diff can't have auto undo|https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_largest_birds&diff=prev&oldid=989549688]

Ugly tag #1
Balut_(egg) todo: Read the refs and convert to inline citations, then remove the header tag.

Ugly tag #2
Life skills-based education - Add unicef ref to page, with extra text, proper REF section using Cite wizard, and propose to remove tag. Deadline. editting day. June. 

New section - bicententary celebrations - 200 years of RBAI

 * Reworded this, which was criticised as advert:
 * TODO - need an extra REF for the list of celebrations.
 * TODO - add the 2010 REF to Winter Instonians Sea Horse magazine edition, a section of RBAI School News.
 * The foundation stone at RBAI was laid on 3 July 1810, and in 2010 the school celebrated its bicentenary. The celebrations took place throughout the calendar year and included events such as Old Boys' evenings, school open days, a gala dinner in Belfast City Hall and the RBAI Grand Concert at the Waterfront hall, Belfast. The concert included music from both the choir and school orchestra, with a mix of musical styles all arranged by head of music, Philip Bolton (MBE). (philip bolton MBE ref)

Pic logo - At the school's centenary and bi-centenary the wine from XX vineyard was served." - Years old: RBAI 200 yrs logo image - find photo of vineyard wine.

"At the centenary and bi-centenary the wine from XX vineyard was served. The vineyard was founded in the same year as Inst." which is a web ref to the wikipedia commons upload label image. another ref to the vineyard website.

for Wiki-commons Description:

location of photo: taken in the House of Lords, UK. During the Old Instonians meal, celebrating 200 years since the school was founded. - link to 200 years of RBAI section).

Mediation approach

 * Chill pills - breathe deeply >> Don't be a fanatic
 * Refer people to the best place for asking questions - Teahouse
 * Attempt to find the editors who created the article e.g., page history (search for content on google)
 * Notify via email, e.g.,
 * Crumbs of comfort to offer - Pointing the editor towards the ARS assistance can make them feel they are not alone.
 * the So fix it and Solookitup templates are sometimes all that's required for a rescue.
 * Talk pages: Actively archiving bad vibes.  Leave the Talk page constructive and fun, to draw people in to Wikipedia and encourage a spirit of WikiLove.
 * Submit an observed conflict via the standard javascript form to the appropriate resolution noticeboard - dispute resolution noticeboard request form. WP:DRN, Neutrality, Reliable Sources, Original Research, Biographies of Living Persons, Notability noticeboard, Fringe theories, Conflict of Interest, Ethnic and cultural conflicts, External links, Third opinion, Mediation Committee, Arbitration Committee.
 * Shortcuts - WP:DRN, Neutrality, WP:RSN, WP:NORN - O.R., WP:BLPN, Notability WP:N/N, Fringe theories - WP:FTN, Conflict of Interest - COIN, Prejudice, links - ELN, Third opinion: WP:30, WP:MEDCOM, WP:Arbcom.


 * Refer to other attempts at levity from Jimbo and many others. Wikipedia holidays, Compliment before criticism, Thank_not_criticize


 * Encourage people to gamify their time on Wikipedia, encourage self-awards too, for example - handing out plenty of Awards

Ugly tag - fixed
Ugly tags at the top of Golden_Rule I suggested and moved the tags at the top of the article to the place where they are relevant.

They do not apply to the lead section where the tags appear - it has nothing wrong with it; so the tags are misplaced and do not prompt improvement to the article where they are currently placed. Instead they hugely detract from the article's readability.

Moved tags to prompt improvement of the article and improve readability.

New article and redirects fixed
- Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Anesthesiologist Assistant
 * review accepted for new article - the existing redirect has been added into the new article, "See Also" section.
 * Appeal - asked for Admin help to overwrite/delete the existing redirect page... here --> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anesthesiologist_Assistant&redirect=no
 * Anesthesiologist Assistant
 * Special:Whatlinkshere/Anesthesiologist Assistant

Sudoku-solver
As a practice C# UI DevExpress? Infragistics? Free tools?

Sudoku solving algorithms like Dancing Links << good anim GIF. 

welcoming to AfC
WP:AFC subst:AfC welcome monitor for new users - Participants is on my Watchlist.

pending

Try for WP:DYK

Examples of successful Admin Requests -

Specific example - the rampant PROD'er -

AfC Checklist Since the beginning of September 2008, there have been
 * 1) create page manually
 * 2) paste this to Talk.
 * 3) Add link to original author in Talk page: Author: User:
 * 4) Suitable comment in all edits... Reviewing
 * 1) Suitable comment in all edits... Reviewing
 * new articles created;
 * declined submissions.

Watching out for Wiki-trolls
Watch out, there's a troll about

Concerned about "enjoys biting newbies" user-box.

"Deletionists" user-boxes - conflict of interest?


 * Deletionists who have never written an article themselves - suspect people with a conflict of interest trying to delete their business competitor's entries, and perhaps building a "deletionist" reputation on other articles to mask their anti-competition agenda. Assume-good-faith tenet is very difficult for a Deletionist who has not written an article or who hide their work as their deletes are so controversial.

Implemented
toolserver - pages created. edit-count

Cosmetic tagging change - implemented - Wishful thinking

There is currently a citation box at the article head. However the article itself is fairly well referenced and where it isn't it has meaningful links to other well-referenced wikipedia pages. I propose to put "citation needed" against items that DO need citations, e.g., Donald Lambro's quote. Then remove the ugly box at the head of the article. just a thought. Mediation4u (talk) 16:47, 8 August 2011 (UTC) editing is fun
 * Identified issue with Lambro citation - A notable reference has been added to the Daily Telegraph article. Other paragraphs do have meaningful links to other well-referenced wikipedia pages, and this page has encyclopedically summarised those pages, therefore no futher refs required.  So aesthetically unpleasing Citation Box removed.  Mediation4u (talk) 11:57, 11 August 2011 (UTC) editing is fun

Mediation scratchpad
Index of useful info for selective restore into other articles: User:Mediation4u/DeletedPagesArchive/

Handy pastes:  |   /resources

Useful "Related changes" watchlist  |   /finance

Beachcomber (pen name) Correct a typo and add a source ...

Quotes to live your life by
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ~ Maya Angelou

Work Done
Useful links to diffs of edits done. For key items, paste can restore inadvertent deletions. Need to recheck the content is there if a link is ever sent to anyone, or the link is broken in some Wiki-linked text which explains a reasoned point in a discussion. Obviously broken hyperlinks in text are a consequence of an aging internet, maintenance is essential. The links below provide it.

Banagher Glen
Replaced a FACT tag with a "place of the week" article in the national press. (Content Disputed and Citation needed, WikiGnome, job done).

revision diff evidence

Mediation Approach Examples, for pasting
Wikipedia: URGENT- Please note "Human fit" has several votes for deletion...

Are you an editor of the Human fit article? Please note it has several votes for deletion... here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Human_fit

I'm trying to help so that at least you are not put off further contributions to Wikipedia and you are happy that any appropriate content is kept somewhere in the encyclopedia,

Hope this helps

Mediation4u (talk) 08:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

So fix it
Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).

Mediation approach - Archiving bad vibes on Talk pages
Leave the Talk page constructive and fun, to draw people in to Wikipedia and encourage a spirit of WikiLove. Actively archiving bad vibes to spread the WikiLove

Archive past disingenuous discussions and low quality comments.

User:5Q5

Wikilove talk page template quicklinks...

Mediation chill pills


Plenty of Wikipedia help pages encourage Golden Rule respectful attitudes.

- remember: >> editing is fun <<

Spirituality - Neutrality dispute resolution example
This section can discuss the neutrality box and propose removing the box, or paragraphs which need to be addressed before removal. I could not see any current part of this talk page specifically moving towards removal of the dispute box. I note that previous discussions on "Original research" disputed the wording on prayer and meditation. The article lead now appears to have found a compromise which is acceptable for the participants in the April 2011 discussion, on "Original Research" >> hist-link << Mediation4u (talk) 07:27, 10 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Just to neaten up the article, I propose removing the dispute box in seven days' time. Please let me know if anyone agrees / disagrees with removing the dispute box from the head of the article.  Many thanks.   Mediation4u (talk) 09:50, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree. The issues appear to have been resolved. hgilbert (talk) 11:59, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Based on the review of the dispute discussion; agreement to the proposal to remove the dispute box and 7 days' notice given, I will remove the neutrality dispute box from the article tomorrow. Mediation4u (talk) 11:23, 20 June 2011 (UTC) editing is fun
 * Consensus reached and so I have removed the POV dispute box. Mediation4u (talk) 11:26, 21 June 2011 (UTC) editing is fun

Scientology Space opera in Scientology scripture Space opera in Scientology scripture conclusion here Alas, long lost are the Gorilla Goals, Bear Goals, Body Builder Incident, Bubble Gum Incident.

More work required...
Hundreds per month. It's gonna be a long job. NPOV_disputes

On "minor" list, but needs loads of work:

Mental_property

Fixes done to article
Challenge of WP:N mediated on Global Orgasm - Now this is an effort I can support!
 * 1) DONE: added neuroscience basis from oxytocin, "love and trust" hormone released during orgasm. Raj Persaud ref.(2ndry)+his primary sources.
 * 2) DONE: issues box below.  Fuck for Forest - Global Orgasm.
 * 3) DONE: reduce likelihood of deletion.- hook them up with f. for. forest  -- via adding "See also" in both pages.

Template:Multiple issues

link -  *Fuck for Forest Criticism: (kept within comments, for the eyes of die-hards only) - Note that the person who tagged the head of the article in the multiple issue box for Notability in Nov 2010 did NOT leave any justification or reasoning on the Talk page, had the template syntax wrong, and also probably did not read the PREVIOUS discussion on the Talk page giving sources of Notability, where the Delete discussion resulted in KEEP - Now that's what I call a low quality tagging edit. Still - it prompted the article to improve, so every cloud has a silver lining and all that.

Pasted from User:John Carter
John Carter, (of Mars), also known as the wonderful white-winged wiki-warrior.

=Personalities= Warlordjohncarter self-styled "arrogant bastard with a morbid sense of humor," like, well, him on the right here. Be warned.
 * User:Warlordjohncarter/Alphabetical listing of WikiProjects
 * User:Warlordjohncarter/Removal list of projects

Fun folks in Wikipedia
I've been lucky enough to have come across some truly exceptional people here. These are some of the ones who most often and frequently come to mind.
 * User:Durova - A fine lady who has said that she gets involved in working with some of the more, uh, outspoken members of wikipedia, many of whom seem to have a far better grasp of profanity than standard language. She says she does this to help keep the rest of us from being subjected to the activities of these people, and has demonstrably gone to great efforts to give even these troublesome editors a chance to continue. I know that I am personally very thankful for all her efforts.
 * User:Himalayan Explorer - The amount of material this editor has contributed to the project, and his ideas for improving the project, are phenomenal, almost scary.
 * User:Jade Knight - Good "adopter". Would you like to "adopt" someone?
 * User:Kirill Lokshin - Feted by many. The driving force behind the Military history Project Coordinating Arbitrator of the WP:ARBCOM. It is my sincerest hope that this man remains active here as long as possible. I really wonder if the place would function anywhere near as well without him.
 * User:Kingboyk - I am stunned at the amount of work this individual has given to wikipedia, and to the Biography WikiProject in particular. He has once run for a seat on the foundation board already. I can imagine few people I would prefer to see there.
 * User:Pastordavid - One of the first editors I encountered here, and one who has had the at-best dubious pleasure of fairly regular contact with me. One of the most calm, well-informed, and even-handed people I've met. And a great editor who has an unusually high number of FAs and GAs to his credit.
 * User:Walkerma - a professor and probably the most active member of the Version 1.0 Editorial Team. How he manages to do both frankly escapes me.
 * User:Nobody60 - versity, relationships, peace and love

and 1 from... Wikipedians with articles
 * Scott Adams – : Dilbert cartoonist. Just 1 noble, charitable, edit under this login, explained here:BLOG:curing_30000_people

Some epic users



 * User:ClueBot NG - anti vandalism extraordinaire


 * - anti vandalism extraordinaire

Fun Reading List

 * Vampire pumpkins and watermelons - Linus had better be careful...
 * Anal language - because "fart" is too gauche
 * Atlanta Nights - A must-read; Chapter 34 inspired the Bonzai Story Generator version of this page below.
 * Gef the talking mongoose - like living locats weren't bad enough
 * British Rail flying saucer - like the regular trains aren't weird enough, with their...
 * Anti-tank dog -
 * The Miracle of the Sun - Stadium-style miracle
 * Rumspringa -
 * Universe people
 * Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar - goes back to Day 1, literally
 * Xenu - also real,
 * Zipporah at the inn

read
/resources - what wikipedia is for.

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John Carter John Carter John's different accounts in wiki-land: b:User:John Carter of Mars n:User:John Carter meta:User:John Carter simple:User:John Carter wikibooks:User:Warlord John Carter commons:User:John Carter

Special:Recentchangeslinked Mediation4u

WP:AFC

WP:DR Dispute resolution for Wikipedians

Oh Dear


The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne) was a turning point in the Williamite claim on the English throne. The deposed King James VII of Scotland and James II of England and Ireland and his Jacobite supporters were defeated by James' nephew and son-in-law, William III and his supporters. By the invitation of Parliament, William had deposed James in 1688. Both kings acted as commander of their respective armies.

The battle took place on July 1, 1690 (OS) just outside the town of Drogheda on Ireland's east coast. Each army stood on opposing sides of the River Boyne. William's forces easily defeated those of James who led an army of mostly raw recruits. The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best-known battles in British and Irish history and a key part in Irish Protestant folklore. It is still commemorated today, principally by the Orange Institution. As a consequence of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, the battle is now commemorated on July 12 each year. Read more...


 * Jedi census phenomenon - 400,000 British Jedis!

If Jedi were counted it would have been the second largest religion in New Zealand in the 2001 census. - "May the farce be with you"

No page is complete without him.
 * User:Kingboyk

Re-read
Chatham House Rule "When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed."

Recruitment agents
Sociopathy may represent an evolutionarily stable strategy, by which a small number of people who cheat on social contracts benefit in a society consisting mostly of non-sociopaths.