User talk:Colin M/Archives/2022

Your GA nomination of Wormwood: A Drama of Paris
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Question about newspapers.com
Hi Colin. I noticed you somewhat recently applied for newspapers.com access. I saw this because I am currently stuck on the "sent to partner" step and when I searched for that issue I found that you had the same issue a few months ago:

Wikipedia talk:The Wikipedia Library/Archive 6

For me, it has only been two days, and the email says I "can expect to receive access details within a week or two once it has been processed." So I'm not ready to panic. But I also already waited a week just to get to this new waiting period, so I'm pretty ready for this to be over.

After you asked your question, other users chimed in to say it has been a long wait for them. One even said they hadn't heard anything through 3 months. As you appear to have just gone through this same process (and you have been kind to me in the past), I figured I would reach out to ask how long you think I should expect this to actually take. I certainly hope you are not still waiting! And do you have any tips?

Thank you.

Paco2718 (talk) 10:24, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Paco2718 (talk) 10:24, 28 January 2022 (UTC)


 * I was able to finally get access about 6 days after my status was set to "sent to partner". I don't think I ever actually got an e-mail notifying me about this - I only found out by periodically checking the site. I hope yours comes through soon. I can definitely empathize with your frustration around the uncertain waiting period. Colin M (talk) 15:56, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Talk:Czech_Republic
Thanks. For clarity, could you put a "starting from..." in your closing comment? Latest RM-closing date, or whatever. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:10, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Unfortunately no-one in the discussion explicitly indicated when they wished the moratorium to start ticking down, but I think the date on which the RM was closed is a reasonable choice. Colin M (talk) 16:05, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi guys I am here to get help with my data and correcting it and to help others with their data as I am learning how to correct mine. Someone else has been trying to get my information. Realme233 (talk) 18:02, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Fascinating stuff
I came across your soapbox, and specifically the section A different kind of nominative determinism. This is a really good point. I think it has more to do with how we use language than how Wikipedia works, ultimately, but it's neat to consider how we could approach the issue differently. Nothing further, just wanted to say that that section gave me a lot to think about! Ganesha811 (talk) 12:31, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm glad it resonated with you. I'm always on the lookout for more examples along these lines (articles that might not exist if they didn't have a pithy name, or articles that might exist if they did), so if you happen to come across any, feel free to add them to that page. Colin M (talk) 21:16, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Your RfA
I suppose you will be lucky in your RfA since there 100+ supports and no oppose. - CafeGurrier66 (talk) 15:58, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * We'll see! There's still time for the tide to turn if someone discovers any of those skeletons in my closet, like that time in 2014 when I used an em dash where I should have used an en dash. :) Colin M (talk) 16:29, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * You made a minor mistake while editing an article? I revoke my support, clearly you are not fit for adminship as stated by Requirements for adminship. Have a good day
 * not all jokes come across correctly, so there you go.  PerryPerryD  Talk To Me 18:05, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
 * No, its even worse! He used no emdashes OR endashes in his entire 2014 wiki career. HE LIES -overturn the RfA Happy Editing-- IAm  Chaos  21:06, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * We need to notify almost 200 wikipedians and ask them to rollback their support. That's going to hurt. Is it possible we can provide Colin M some remedial dash training? Wikipedia fought its own epic Dash Wars way back in 2012. We need new admins to comply or a MOS warrior will chastise them unduly.  BusterD (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I'll be releasing a tearful 3-hour apology video shortly in which I dramatically announce my retirement from Wikipedia. Naturally, I will then quietly remove the template from my talk page 24 hours later and continue as if nothing ever happened. Colin M (talk) 13:30, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RFA in advance
Okay first off i have to mention and see if this makes them chuckle But let me  assure & re-assure both you and anyone else reading this that I’m not trying to “” but allow me the privilege of being the first to officially congratulate you on your successful RFA in advance. . Celestina007 (talk) 19:08, 6 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Damnit, Celestina007! you gotta go outside, turn around three times, and spit :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:37, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * also, looks like you've got curly quotes enabled... might want to turn those off theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 19:49, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , It doesn’t run afoul of any policy, or do you know of any settings or scripts that automatically does that for you? Anyway I don’t think it matters much. This statement “Damnit, Celestina007! you gotta go outside, turn around three times, and spit:)” got me! I knew you were gonna say something funny. Celestina007 (talk) 20:11, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Celestina007: i should write a wiki-essay not tempting said wrath :) see MOS:CURLY—you should be able to turn it off in your device's settings. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 00:21, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , what in the world? Lmao I didn’t know that was a thing, one wonders how many things they are doing incorrectly without even knowing it. I guess I’d try and look for where to turn the damn thing off. Celestina007 (talk) 13:15, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch, but thank you all the same. :) Colin M (talk) 20:36, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Seems your chickens have cracked thru their shells and'r peepin' like all get out! Hope you thoroughly enjoy your mop!  P.I. Ellsworth &numsp;- ed.  put'r there 14:53, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , Colin should take me on a date or he owes me a fine pack of cigarettes for being the first to congratulate him in advance but oh well 😒. Celestina007 (talk) 20:26, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * In a case like this, there is only honor in jumping the gun like you did, so yes, Colin should most definitely ask you out or send you ciggies. And just so you know for future reference, "Ellsworth" is a whole 'nother editor who's been here even longer than I have. He's probably scratchin' his head as to why you pinged him. No worries, and no relation.  P.I. Ellsworth &numsp;- ed.  put'r there 16:11, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , good gracious! this is as funny as it is embarrassing, this ought to be referenced at THATSNOTME. Celestina007 (talk) 20:32, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Your request for adminship
Hi Colin M, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations for both your landslide nomination and for your place on WP:RFX100. As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck! Acalamari 13:30, 9 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Congratulations! -- Asartea   Talk  &#124;  Contribs  13:36, 9 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Congratulations on joining the mop corps! You may or may not be able to get an actual t-shirt these days, but your jewel encrusted mop will remain on back-order Nosebagbear (talk) 13:47, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * And from me, hope you continue participating at RM. On a pedantic note the RFA was scheduled to end at 14:55 not 13:29 but with 178 supports, 3 neutral and no opposes the outcome was obvious.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 14:00, 9 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Congratulations and condolences. Look forward to seeing your shiny new mop. Nicely handled RfA. If you need any assistance, know we have your back, and we hope we have yours. Now, continue to be the fine editor you've always been, and everything else will take care of itself over time. BusterD (talk) 14:10, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on your successful RfA and I hope you will help at RM venues (P/S: @Acalamari: you also revoke the autopatrolled right) Thingofme (talk) 14:20, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Well deserved 🙂 ~TNT (talk • she/her) 14:24, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! -- Victor Trevor  ( talk ) 18:50, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Congratulations and good luck with the mop! Scorpions13256 (talk) 21:57, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you!
Wow! Thanks to everyone who stopped by my talk page with well wishes, and to everyone who asked questions and voted at the RfA, and especially to my very supportive nominators. I'm happy to say that that was a lot less stressful than I had been led to expect. I hope to wield the mop honorably. (But keep your trouts at the ready for when I inevitably make a newbie mistake and spill the mopwater.) Colin M (talk) 21:44, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello again, and congratulations!
Hello, Colin M, you might want to come take a look at this. You had autopatrolled before becoming an administrator, so I'd suggest either A) self-assigning, or B) another person assign your this right. Thanks, congratulations on your unopposed RfA, and for showing everyone that <10,000 edits and passing an RfA can be done. — 3PPYB6 — T ALK — C ONTRIBS  — 00:30, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

One observation re: your soapbox
Hello Colin, I recently happened upon your soapbox (by way of scrolling through your recent successful RFA and clicking a little further). While I can't claim to have well-developed opinions about most of the topics you opine about over there, I did notice one thing - in the section where you complain about MOS:BIRTHNAME, you state that the bolded first name at the beginning of the lede paragraph of biographical articles is the "very first thing that readers see". As a longish-time reader and recentish registree, I think this is a faulty premise and would instead propose that the very first thing one tends to intuitively look at is the Article title. Finding the full (legal, not necessarily birth) name right after whatever sequence of letters the subject is most commonly known by, to me, seems anything but astonishing. The specific information itself probably will be trivia to almost everyone, but as an editorial choice to avoid the immediate repetition of the title, I see nothing wrong with it.

Admittedly this is all pretty inconsequential stuff, and you do call the contents of this subpage "somewhat neglected" so maybe that particular style guideline used to say something somewhat different way back when you first formulated your counterargument, but since you invite commentary on it, I felt free to offer some anyway. Have a good day. Dr. Duh 🩺 (talk) 11:54, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I didn't intend the "first thing that readers see" claim quite so literally, but yes, that's a fair point. I think if we did an eye-tracking study, we'd probably even find there's a wide diversity of "first things" that different readers see (title, first sentence, lead image, part of the infobox, table of contents) depending on the article and the reader's intent.
 * I don't deny that the current practice has a certain logic and naturalness to it, but there are a few practices in the history of Wikipedia that were once widespread and considered perfectly rational, but which, years later, were judged to actually be a bad idea. The linking of dates is the big one that comes to mind (as a long-ish time reader, you may or may not remember that it used to be standard to wikilink a date or year, like April 11 or 2022, when they were mentioned in the running text of an article). My hunch is that MOS:BIRTHNAME might end up being one of the cases, given what I see as its contradictions with MOS:LEAD and WP:DUE. Your point about avoiding repetition is an interesting one which I hadn't considered, but ultimately it seems to me like a minor consideration compared to WP:DUE. Colin M (talk) 13:52, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Can't say I remember the date linking practice for en.wiki, although I suppose it's not surprising, given that the Germans, Italians and I assume many others still do it to this day. I don't even want to know how many megabytes of raw wikitext had to be expended to change something so fundamental, but personally, I do appreciate that it was done...
 * I did notice just now that MOS:BIRTHNAME links to the first-level "Names" section, while MOS:FULLNAME (right below it in the little shortcuts box) links to "First mention". Probably not a feature, no? Dr. Duh 🩺 (talk) 14:38, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Good point. I just retargeted it. Colin M (talk) 14:43, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Congrats
A bit late, but congratulations on passing your RfA. Been away for a bit, but I would have supported. Best of luck with the tools. If there is anything I can do to help, feel free to reach out. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:49, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly! Colin M (talk) 16:50, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
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Welcome to admin-corps
If you have any questions or doubts, please feel to ask any admins. Most of the admins are very co-operative, and helpful, though. See you around :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 18:41, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
 * sadly, that admin was de-sysop'ed on May 12. —usernamekiran (talk) 15:49, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

In search of the least viewed article on Wikipedia
It noticed your article on diff. I enjoyed it very much. I look forward to checking out the code you posted on github. I'd love to see more of these. Thanks for posting, Vexations (talk) 22:20, 7 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I just looked at this. I love that Trichromia phaeocrota now has had over 6k views this month according to the gadget. Happy Editing-- IAm Chaos  03:08, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Glad to hear Trichromia phaeocrota is getting its moment in the sun. I was also really heartened to see that within a day of sharing my post, an editor had significantly expanded that article, more than doubling its length and number of references. Wikipedia is a wonderful community. Colin M (talk) 16:34, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

ANI thread related to discussion in which you participated
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Your GA nomination of The Chameleon (magazine)
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Your GA nomination of Sunshine & Health
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Your GA nomination of The News (musical)
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Your GA nomination of The News (musical)
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Your GA nomination of The Hobby Directory
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Autopatrolled granted
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