User talk:Clovermoss/Archive 3

3D sound synthesis
Pleas identify the revisions of the page which need to be removed from the public records and also please ensure that you have removed the copyrighted material before adding the Copyvio-revdel template. This ensures that two pairs of eyes have looked at the offending material before it is removed rather than just one. Thanks. Nthep (talk) 18:21, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi . Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy with school. I requested copyright-revdel after this, which might be useful to read for context. This article is about a topic I have no expertise whatsoever in (just thought certain things about it seemed off when I was correcting typos) and I'm kind of hesistant to make generalizations because of that. Any advice going forward on what to do? Clovermoss (talk) 03:13, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * No worries, there is no deadline to work to. Thanks for the link; as Nick says "it's a mild, insidious use of a few phrases here and there" so we have to consider is there a copyvio or is it just close paraphrasing?  The Earwig result shows high confidence that there is a copyvio and if you run the edit that creates the article through Earwig the confidence level goes up to 77% so it's fairly obvious where the material came from.  Subsequent edits have diluted it a bit but not by much.  Using Duplication Detector - another useful copyvio tool - give some indication of the issues too. Note how it's quite a lot of technical language that is copied.
 * Revdel is a fairly blunt tool and requires that the copyrighted material has been excised from the article before revdel is applied. Here we would be going right back to the creation of the article and suppressing all the revisions to date but it needs some content to remain.  This is where I think some Bold editing is required even if the result is to reduce the article to a one-line stub defining the topic with a couple of references from which someone with knowledge/time can expand - hopefully without a repeat copyvio arising. This seems to me to provide a basis for defining what 3D sound synthesis is. Nthep (talk) 12:34, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. I took a look at the link and it works, but I'm not actually able to see any of the text that includes the search term. Clovermoss (talk) 19:24, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Just a heads up
Your nominee has finally made it to the top of the Queue and will be rewarded later today or tomorrow. Thank you for nominating such an interesting editor. It was a pleasure to read his user and talk page. Any future nominations are most welcome. &#8213; Buster7  &#9742;   13:13, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, and thanks for the heads up! I appreciate it. I'll try to do my best to keep on the lookout for potential editors to nominate for EOTW, so you might see me making another nomination sometime in the future. Clovermoss (talk) 03:18, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

From my own experience, Google Code-In can be fun, you can make several new friends, attract new people to your wiki and make them part of your community.

If you have any questions, please let us know at google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org.

Thank you!

--User:Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:58, 23 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message, but I don't think this is something I could do. I have a very limited understanding of coding, although I admire people who have that skillset. Also, I'm 17. I think it would be kind of awkward to be mentoring other high school students. Clovermoss (talk) 02:49, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * That said, I might be interested in the student side of the event. I'm impressed by it, and I'm glad that I know of its existense now. Clovermoss (talk) 03:02, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * You should feel more than free to join as a student as well! For students, the contest starts on Dec 02. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 08:39, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

December events with WIR
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:42, 25 November 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging

I'm kind of busy
Hi, and. School has kept me really busy recently and I just wanted to let all of you know that I still check Wikipedia every once and awhile and will probably start having time to edit again soon. Clovermoss (talk) 21:52, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yeah - Christmas holidays coming up soon - so then you can start doing some real work here for a change, instead!!! No seriously, I'm just delighted you've got your priorities right, as real life and family takes precedence. (I'm now seeing some light at the end of my own 18 month tunnel with my house renovation project being pretty close to a finish. Maybe then I can put some thoughts into that RFA I've been procrastinating about for ages.) Thanks for keeping in touch. All the best. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * If you fancy a little project on your return, how about we work through setting up an automatic archive of your talk page messages? Nick Moyes (talk) 22:05, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'll probably have some time around Christmas break. As for archiving, I prefer to do it manually. I was thinking of doing it relatively soon, actually. Clovermoss (talk) 02:54, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * I might consider learning how to do it in the future, though. It's just that I don't get much activity on my talk page compared to other people (at least not yet) and I don't think it of it as much of an issue to do it manually. I kind of like its inefficiency at the moment. Maybe I'll change my mind in the future, I don't know. Anyways, I was taking a bit of a walk down memory lane. Remember this? I think it's kind of cool that you were the guy to welcome me to Wikipedia. If you're curious, this appears to be my first question to the Teahouse. It was answered by  and I'd like to thank both of you for making the time when I was a new editor feel welcoming. Clovermoss (talk) 21:45, 29 November 2019 (UTC) Slight correction: this looks like my actual first edit to the Teahouse. I'm not sure how I missed it. Also, the bot meant the notfication thanking me for my first edit, not you! Anyways, it's interesting to be able to see my journey as a new editor. It's kind of cool I can just look back at the stuff whenever I want to and don't have to keep track of everything in my head to talk about the good-old days with rose-tinted glasses! :) Clovermoss (talk) 21:57, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi - I've been pretty busy this week, just catching up with Wiki stuff now. No worries about taking a break when you need to - the CVUA course is something you can do at your own pace, just pick it up whenever you're ready. (I'm much more productive myself during the school holidays!). Girth Summit  (blether)  15:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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Category:Novels nominated for the White Pine Award has been nominated for discussion
Category:Novels nominated for the White Pine Award, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Le Deluge (talk) 19:04, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

In lieu of a Graduation Ceremony...

 * Thank you . I guess that means I was ready to graduate, then. It's Christmas break now, so I'll probably be around a bit more often than usual. Thanks for all the help and for answering all of my questions with an impressive amount of dedication and detail. Clovermoss (talk) 19:34, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * If you'd find it useful, you're welcome to move or copy the Adoption page contents over to a sub-page of your own. Have a nice Christmas break - and never stop learning! Nick Moyes (talk) 20:28, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, I might do that, then. The whole "never stop learning" thing is a great mantra. Did you know that I still happen to read Wikipedia more than I edit it? Sometimes, I improve the articles I read (usually typo fixes, though). Clovermoss (talk) 20:33, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, just watching RecentChanges is a fascinating way of discovering things I never knew about. One of the most valuable things I ever learnt on a work-related training course was 'how to read a whole newspaper in under 6 minutes'. ...you simply read only the first sentence of each article! Journalists learn to encapsulate the gist of the story in that first sentence so as to pull in the reader. It is so relevant and applicable to how we both edit and consume Wikipedia content. Nick Moyes (talk) 20:43, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Now that you mention newspapers... I happen to be the only person I know that tries to read the local newspaper every day. The entire thing, with the exception of horoscopes and advice columns. I've recieved a few raised eyebrows when I buy newspapers at grocery stores. I used to live with older relatives, so I have a lot of habits people find peculiar in a teenager. I could talk a lot about I Love Lucy, since I've watched all six seasons, some episodes multiple times. Clovermoss (talk) 20:55, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy holidays


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 * Thank you, . Happy holidays and a happy new year to you, as well! :) Clovermoss (talk) 19:42, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

TAFI
If you find time for it please review my nom at TAFI on Alida Morberg. Would appreciate it. BabbaQ (talk) 21:50, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll go and take a look at it now. Out of curiousity, is there any reason you contacted me in particular about it? Clovermoss (talk) 21:54, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I contacted people that usually comment/or have commented. Because relatively few makes any effort at giving input on nominations. You are free to give an opinion for or against or not at all. --BabbaQ (talk) 21:56, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. It's actually one of the reasons I participate over there somewhat frequently, since a nomination needs 3 supports in order to go forward. I sometimes nominate articles, as well. I try to take a look and improve the articles each week when I get a chance, but I don't always get around to doing it. Anyways, I have supported the nom . Hope you have a good day, and happy holidays! Clovermoss (talk) 22:11, 20 December 2019 (UTC)