User talk:Bejinhan/Archive 6

Online Ambassador selection process
Please share you views on the current version of the proposed Online Ambassador selection process, which the steering committee has recommended for adoption by the ambassadors program. Once we settle on a selection process, we can start recruiting more Online Ambassadors for next term (in which we will have more students, and the students will be more involved with mentors from early on).--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:22, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Third WP:USPP Assessment
Hi ! Thanks so much for your help on the Public Policy Initiative assessments. I really appreciate all your help -- we'll be in great shape when Amy gets back, thanks to all of your efforts! The next round of assessments is ready for you to review. Like the previous round, please pick 10 of the articles to review from the list, and it's especially critical that you use the version I've linked to for these.

This round measures the baseline quality of articles before our students started working on them. Many of these articles have undergone drastic revision already, so it may not be useful to leave comments about them on the talk pages. We'll be asking you to review the same set of articles once students have finished them too, so please be sure you're using the links provided so you're getting the versions immediately prior to when the students made their first edits. Ideally, these assessments should be completed by December 1.

I anticipate this taking a lot less time than previous rounds, as many of these articles are quite short. If you have extra time and want to help, please go back to round two and do a few more assessments -- especially on any articles that have only one or two assessments completed. I need a minimum of three assessments for each article, and some of the articles farther down the list still need attention.

Once again, thanks so much for your help and let me know if I can clarify anything at all! --Ldavis (Public Policy) (talk) 18:42, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

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GOCE Drive – Final push
Greetings GOCE Backlog elimination drive participant, We are now coming up to the last few days of the drive, the last for 2010. Currently, it looks like we will achieve our target for reducing the backlog by 10%, however, we still have huge numbers for 2009. We have 55 participants in this drive. If everyone just clears 2 articles each, we will reduce the backlog by a further 110 articles. If everyone can just do 3 articles, we will hit 165. If you have yet to work on any articles and have rollover words, remember that you do need to copyedit at least a couple of articles in this drive for your previous rollover to be valid for the next drive. There are many very small articles that will take less than 5-10 minutes to copyedit. Use CatScan to find them. Let's all concentrate our firepower on the first three months of 2009 as we approach the end of this final drive for the year. Thank you once again for participating, and see you at the finish line! – SMasters (talk) 04:09, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

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Thank you!
Thank you for your support at my RfA last week. I'll do everything I can to live up to your expectations and if you ever need help from a janitor please feel free to drop me a line! PanydThe muffin is not subtle 22:14, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

GOCE elections
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November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion
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Your GA nomination of The Deep End (TV series)
The article The Deep End (TV series) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Deep End (TV series) for eventual comments about the article. Well done! Viriditas (talk) 03:13, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Bejinhan talks   05:14, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

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Planning for next term in the Wikipedia Ambassador Program
Hi Evangeline. We're trying to figure out how many students we can mentor next term and how many additional Online Ambassadors will be needed. Based on the revised plan for what participating courses will be like next term, I've sketched out what will be expected of mentors. Please look that over, and then go to the online ambassadors talk page to indicate much mentoring and other ambassador activities you'd like to do next term. Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:12, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Mentor for team of students
Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton (talk) 17:38, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Mentor for team of students
Hi, my name is James Fullerton, and I'm a teacher at Southern Lehigh Middle School in PA. Recently I've created a project that involves Wikipedia (WP) and small groups of students making a contribution to a WP article of their choosing, as long as the topic is related to the content of the course - being American Government, Civics, and Economics. For the past 4 weeks, students have become involved in the culture of WP, with many already narrowing in on a topic for their contribution. Here is the supportive material on Wikispaces (https://wikiedit.wikispaces.com/). Your assistance would be greatly appreciated! Would you be available to act as a mentor to a small group of students as they begin to offer additional content to an article of their interest? The team sizes are numbered between 5-7 students each. I will notify you as to who is in the teams with their WP user names. Jmfullerton (talk) 17:48, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas!


PanydThe muffin is not subtle wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! May this be a time of peace, joy and goodwill towards men.

Spread the holiday cheer by adding to your friends' talk pages.

Just a note...
I disappeared.

I didn't let you know I was about to disappear.

The first bit was unavoidable, the second bit not so much. Anyway, there's a note on User:Begoon now that explains nothing at all.

Seriously - real life stuff happened, very sorry I haven't been in touch - truly hope you're well...

Begoon &#149;talk 19:08, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Choosing a Mentor
Hello. I am a student in the Lehigh Wikipedia group. I need a mentor for our Wikipedia assignment and I was wondering if you would be mine?

IR393.cfc211 (talk) 02:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Sarawak
New article; I just noticed it, and thought you might be interested. Cheers,  Chzz  ► 03:14, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. It needs a lot on work on it. I'll work on it asap, when I have the time. I'm currently a little busy IRL due to Christmas preparations. Bejinhan talks   06:50, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I've been trying to look for online sources without much success. The link where the article creator gave to me did not give much about the award itself, but rather about its predecessors. For now, I think I'll just leave it with an unreferenced tag. Bejinhan talks   04:00, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Malaysia
This is a very useful, readable and professionally presented article. One of the best articles I've encountered. Now get working on building up other articles. Well done.  SilkTork  *YES! 14:19, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
 

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Mentoring
Hey, you had agreed to be a mentor for a project a few months back. I was wondering if you could briefly look over the edits I've made to the First Congo War page and give a few comments? Thanks for your help! IR393davis (talk) 19:12, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Additional Mentoring
Hi there, I am looking for approval to edit this page, and I was wondering if I could get some feedback. I have made a few edits which I have listed under my section of the course talk page of I.R 393. The article I intend to work on is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtunistan. Thanks! 1Ridwan (talk) 04:41, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

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Bejinhan,

I am currently doing a class project involving editing wiki's. I would appreciate it if you would assist me in editing "Bill (Proposed law)".

Looking forward to hearing from you, Burrisan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Burrisan (talk • contribs) 15:22, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

happy holidays from PPI
Thanks Bejinhan, for all your work assessing articles (and as an ambassador) with WP:USPP over the past few months. I will have some results to report to the assessment team in January. The next semester should be pretty exciting there are over 25 university classes signed up with the project. Your input is helping to gauge how successful the project is, not just at improving the quality of public policy articles, but at incorporating Wikipedia as a teaching tool and recruiting and retaining college students as editors. we still need you in 2011, but it will mostly be assessments of student articles. Currently, there is another round of assessments to look at the improvements students made to their articles. If possible please assess by 5 January 2011; these results will be presented at an international conference later in January! Have a wonderful holiday season, all the best, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 02:03, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

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GOCE Year-end Report
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WikiCup 2011
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deletion of archives
Hi Bejihan, Why are you requesting the deletion of your talkpage archives? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 12:43, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I have just deleted them for you, but I did wonder why you wanted them deleted. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:01, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I reordered my archives and moved the messages from those pages to archives 1-5 so that there would be 50 messages in each archive page. Things were kinda un-orderly before that because each of the page had a different number of messages. Thanks James! <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   13:07, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the explanation. There was no problem with deleting them, I just wondered. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:18, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * And thanks for the help James! Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 13:22, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

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Invitation to join WikiProject United States
Hello. I recently just received your reply. To inform you, I'm in Civics class and there are five others in my group. What we'd like to do is this: Make edits in my sandbox, and in return contact you and have you comment. Editing wikis is hard, but would be much easier with your help. Happy New Year and hope to hear from you soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Burrisan (talk • contribs) 14:55, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem and welcome to the Project!. I would be happy to help anyway I can. Please let me know if you have any questions, commments or suggestions.--Kumioko (talk) 15:05, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

S.W.
Great job, thank you! 63.131.4.149 (talk) 14:17, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

re: Avril Lavigne song
Hi - thanks for letting me know that it's actually been released. The page has been deleted so you can move the article. When you're done, I'll have to restore the edits already made to that title, in order to preserve the edit history. You don't need to leave another message (unless you want to) - I'll just watch the link on my page and when it's blue again, I'll know to restore them. Thanks for letting me know. :-)  <font color="FireBrick">K <font color="2F4F4F">rakatoa  <font color="FireBrick">K <font color="2F4F4F">atie   22:36, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi again - yes, I did delete the correct page. Somebody else, however, couldn't wait the five whole minutes between my delete and your move. I had left it unprotected so you could do the move, and that allowed them to create their own new version. You just can't see all that because you're not an admin, so you can't see the deleted edits in the article history.


 * I learned my lesson, so this time I moved it myself, and all is well. (I hope.) It's possible that we'll have to do a history merge, so the edit history will be complete for GFDL reasons, but I'm going to defer that to someone else. If I can help or answer more questions, just ask. :-)  <font color="FireBrick">K <font color="2F4F4F">rakatoa  <font color="FireBrick">K <font color="2F4F4F">atie   03:06, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

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Good Morning. To answer a few of your questions: All six of us have wiki pages, though we're editing on my page specifically. My other members told me that they have infact edited on my sandbox. The sections are Numbering of Bills and Introduction. Thanks. (Burrisan (talk) 15:03, 11 January 2011 (UTC))

New Years Message for WikiProject United States
With the first of what I hope will be monthly newsletters I again want to welcome you to the project and hope that as we all work together through the year we can expand the project, create missing articles and generally improve the pedia thought mutual cooperation and support. Now that we have a project and a solid pool of willing members I wanted to strike while the iron is hot and solicite help in doing a few things that I believe is a good next step in solidifiing the project. I have outlined a few suggestions where you can help with on the projects talk page. This includes but is not limited too updating Portal:United States, assessing the remaining US related articles that haven't been assessed, eliminating the Unrefernced BLP's and others. If you have other suggestions or are interested in doing other things feel free. I just wanted to offer a few suggestions were additional help is needed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions or you can always post something on the projects talk page. --Kumioko (talk) 02:37, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

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WP:MY
Hey, I was recently trying to navigate around a few wikiprojects and feel that Wikiproject Malaysia needs some sort of rearrangement. For a start, there are a large amount of subpages with no links to them (such as the template one), a to do list on the front page and the main page. I think it would also be a good idea to have a list of FA and GA in the wikiproject scope, just to see what there is. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 09:18, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, yeah, it needs some rearrangement. I went through it and removed some sections that had duplicate mentions. Maybe there should be a link section where we put in all the links to the project's subpages? What do you mean by front page and main page? There's a list of noted content here. The last time I went through the FA/GA/DYK category to manually add the articles into the list was in June last year so I think it's slightly outdated. <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   11:12, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Front page being Wikiproject Malaysia and main page being whatever the topic is, to do page, recognised content page etc. Anyway, proves the point about links to subpages. Probably should have links to them somewhere. Wikiproject Countries has an interesting tab system, but no clue how to do that myself. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:01, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Added two DYK's, don't know what to do about the hidden note though. Does watching a category mean you will be notified if an article is added? (Just finished sorting Category:Fauna of Malaysia, rather not have to go through with that too much!) Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look at WikiProject Countries later and see if WP:MY can be formatted in a similar way too.
 * Do you mean this: "When adding a new article or picture to the lists please also add it to the appropriate Portal:Malaysia archive"? I don't understand that too. I think so. Want to try it out? I can test add a page to one of the categories and we'll see if it appears on the watchlist. I wonder if there's a way to get the noted content page automatically updated whenever an article is added to one of its linked categories. There might be a bot somewhere for that. And yeah, sorting through a category can be a pain sometimes! <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   03:35, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I didn't know there was Portal:Malaysia archives.
 * If there is a bot I don't know about it. Oh well, category done now. Not going to bother with the Flora one! Chipmunkdavis (talk) 10:46, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I think I figured out how to work those tabs. I have created a draft page and will work on it over the next few days.
 * I've removed that hidden comment since it doesn't make sense.
 * I'll check that out. <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   10:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm glad someones better at wikiformatting than me. Can you change the colours? (Blue and Gold?) I'll hunt down all those errant subpages (assuming you haven't). Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:37, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yup, that's possible. I'll get the color code and fix it... maybe tomorrow. I placed a few subpages here for starters. I'm sure there are others. Feel free to do whatever you want to that page. <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   13:47, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh yay, a subpage to keep track of subpages. There's something wrong there, but I'm not sure what it is! :) Still, as long as it doesn't get too bad... Chipmunkdavis (talk) 14:39, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Not really. Once I transclude it into the tabs, it won't be exactly a subpage (take a look at WP:WikiProject Countries). I think I'll CSD those pages you noted in the talk page... and I have completely no idea what the Newsletter page is for. I only joined WP:WikiProject Malaysia last year. :) <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan  <font color="#FF00FF">talks   05:39, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I changed the background (pale blue) and border (gold) colors in the draft page. Please take a look at them and tell me if they're ok or not. If they aren't, can you please take a look at this and let me know which color codes you want. <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   09:36, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The gold looks red on my screen :/ I think you may have to experiment, as colours change appearance depending on the other colours they are near. On the plus side, the blue almost makes the tabs look gold. Where are those early Malaysian wikipedia pioneers? I think the other tabs should include the members and GA/FA/DYK pages. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 11:08, 22 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I tried yellow. Is it ok now? I don't know whether I should change tab colors or not. Right now, they're the same color as the WPMalaysia Navigation box. What do you think? Some are either inactive or editing sporadically. Kawaputra is one of the pioneers and to my knowledge, the only one editing regularly. Sure thing, will add them. <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   14:05, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * My draft is nearing completion. But before I merge it, I need a link for the 6th tab. Any suggestions? <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   04:46, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * "To do" perhaps, seems like something worth having in easy access. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 07:54, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Added and merged! <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   13:29, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

PPI research update
First, thanks Bejinhan, I am in awe of the work the assessment team did for this project. The results from the quantitative metric assessments were amazing, really. Check out what your work shows about Wikipedia article quality - I think it’s exciting, but you’ve probably figured out by now that I’m a bit of a nerd. A summary is posted on the Assessment page and a report will be on the Outreach wiki.

Second, I wanted to ask if you haven’t done many assessments on the Student post articles, to please do a couple; articles toward the bottom have only 1 or none assessments. I know some of the material is pretty dry, but this assessment is the most important one for the fall semester and this assessment will be the primary method of showing article quality to the project grant funder. So please do a couple if you possibly can. HUGE Thanks - ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 07:42, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks! I will be sure to contact you with questions!```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfofana (talk • contribs) 17:23, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Seeking you as a mentor
Hello,

I am Seree. I am a student at Simmons College, studying communications. I am currently enrolled in a public relations course where I will be researching and writing an article about a public policy and then posting it to Wikipedia. I was hoping you would be my mentor throughout this process. I am new to wikipedia and it would be nice to have someone of your expertise to contact when I need guidance. Look forward to hearing from you soon.

Thanks, Seree — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfofana (talk • contribs) 00:20, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I replied to your questions
I think I answered all your questions about Racepacket. I am sorry if it seems like bad timing and seems petty on my part but after seeing his conduct and watching it as it continues regarding WPUS I just don't see him as a Mentor and I fear want his mentees may get from his edits if they start reviewing them. Please let me know if you have any more questions or comments. --Kumioko (talk) 02:31, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 28 January 2011
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Vetoba
I've taken your A7 off and added 'unreferenced'. Vetoba is a god, and possibly thus not a 'real person', animal or organisation (trinities might come under that one, however). There doesn't seem to be a speedy class for deities. I'll have a go at expanding it and adding some refs when I get back in tonight. Peridon (talk) 13:21, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I shouldn't have A7 it. That was a wrong tag to use. If it can be salvaged, then please go ahead. But please also know that not all Hindu deities are notable. After all, there are 330 million of them and some are not notable enough for an article. <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   13:54, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That's fewer than there are rappers, isn't it? Peridon (talk) 15:54, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't know about that one, but if it's true, that's probably why not all rappers have a Wikipedia article. ;) <font color="#8000FF">Bejinhan <font color="#FF00FF">talks   03:11, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kuala Lumpur Marathon
Hiya.

Maybe you could have a look at that, perhaps help fix it up a bit? Cheers!  Chzz  ► 10:22, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to, who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by , with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to, who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, , who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:27, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

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New WikiProject United States Newsletter: February 2011 edition
Starting with the February 2011 issue WikiProject United States has established a newsletter to inform anyone interested in United States related topics of the latest changes. This newsletter will not only discuss issues relating to WikiProject United States but also: You may read or assist in writing the newsletter, subscribe, unsubscribe or change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you by following this link. If you have an idea for improving the newsletter please leave a message on my talk page or the Newsletters talk page. --Kumioko (talk) 20:34, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
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GOCE January Backlog elimination drive conclusion
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