User talk:Cymru.lass/Archive 7

Article Feedback Tool newsletter
Sorry for the radio silence, guys :). I just wanted to let you know that we're planning on starting a new round of hand coding, which you can sign up for here. This will be the final round (honest!), and is basically because we found some really interesting results from the last round that blew our collective mind. It's important to check that they weren't a fluke, though, and so a bit more work is needed.

If you have any questions, drop a note on my talkpage - and if you know anyone who would be interested in participating, please tell them about it! We'll be holding an IRC training session in #wikimedia-office at 18:00 UTC on the 21st of March to run through the tool and answer any questions you may have. Thanks! :) Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 00:40, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

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Coming back to editing
Maybe, I'm not sure I wasn't the best editor the first go round. I am mainly into fixing links in stuff and grammar in pages now as well as adding in templates that I think belong there. I mainly work under an annoymus IP Address now although I might star logging in here again. Although I seem to have some successful pages on here now. I am thinking about it. Although you are definaly a better editor then me that's for sure. Gertie1999 (talk)

Aw, thanks! :O) I was on here for a year took a Long break then came back. People always have said I'm a good writer but well I have trouble believing them . I think I'm coming back now though but with editing articles :O) Gertie1999 (talk)

I took a look at it! :O) I am going to start contributing to it! :O) I think it looks fun and I enjoy helping out on here! Thanks for introducing me to it! :O) I don't have the best grammar myself but I try my best. Thanks again! I enjoy talking to you on here you make my Wikipedia experience more fun! Gertie1999 (talk)

Thank you I will! :O) And I hope we stay in contact! :O) Gertie1999 (talk)

Article Feedback Tool updates
Hey all. My regular(ish) update on what's been happening with the new Article Feedback Tool.

Hand-coding

As previously mentioned, we're doing a big round of hand-coding to finalise testing :). I've been completedly bowled over by the response: we have 20 editors participating, some old and some new, which is a new record for this activity. Many thanks to everyone who has volunteered so far!

Coding should actively start on Saturday, when I'll be distributing individualised usernames and passwords to everyone. If you haven't spoken to me but would be interested in participating, either drop me a note on my talkpage or email. If you have spoken to me, I'm very sorry for the delay :(. There were some toolserver database issues beyond our control (which I think the Signpost discussed) that messed with the tool.

New designs and office hours

Our awesome designers have been making some new logos for the feedback page :) Check out the oversighter view and the monitor view to get complete coverage; all opinions, comments and suggestions are welcome on the talkpage:).

We've also been working on the Abuse Filter plugin for the tool; this will basically be the same as the existing system, only applied to comments. Because of that, we're obviously going to need slightly different filters, because different things will need to be blocked :). We're holding a special office hours session tomorrow at 22:00 UTC to discuss it. If you're a regex nut, existing abuse filter writer, or simply interested in the feedback tool and have suggestions, please do come along :).

I'm pretty sure that's it; if I've missed anything or you have any additional queries, don't hesitate to contact me! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 14:44, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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Article Feedback Tool office hours
Hey ; just a quick note to let you know that we'll be holding an Office Hours session at18:00 UTC (don't worry, I got the time right ;p) on 4th May in #wikimedia-office. This is to show off the almost-finished feedback page and prep it for a more public release; I'm incredibly happy to have got to this point :). Hope to see you there! Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 03:52, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style
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Article Feedback Tool, Version 5
Hey all :)

Just a quick update on what we've been working on:
 * The centralised feedback page is now live! Feel free to use it and all other feedback pages; there's no prohibition on playing around, dealing with the comments or letting others know about it, although the full release comes much later. Let me know if you find any bugs; we know it's a bit odd in Monobook, but that should be fixed in our deployment this week.
 * On Thursday, 7th June we'll be holding an office hours session at 20:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. We'll be discussing all the latest developments, as well as what's coming up next; hope to see you all there!
 * Those of you who hand-coded feedback; I believe I contacted you all about t-shirts. If I didn't, drop me a line and I'll get it sorted out :).

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 22:49, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cto
Template:Cto has been nominated for deletion. Template:Cto creates a conditional topic overview linkbox for the See alsosection of an article with links to (1) the topic article, (2) the outline of the topic, (3) the index of topic-related articles, (4) the bibliography of the topic, and (5) the Wikipedia book on the topic. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Templates for discussion. Cymru Am Byth! Buaidh 20:14, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

AFT5 release coming up - help us design a banner!
Hey all :). First-off, thanks to everyone for all their help so far; we're coming up to a much wider deployment :). Starting at the end of this month, and scaling up until 3 July, AFT5 will begin appearing on 10 percent of articles. For this release we plan on sending out a CentralNotice that every editor will see - and for this, we need your help :). We've got plans, we know how long it's going to run for, where it's going to run...but not what it says. If you've got ideas for banners, givethis page a read and submit your suggestion! Many thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:24, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

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Seeley Booth
Hi, Cymru.lass, I'm beginning the copy-edit you requested to the above article at the GOCE requests page. Please feel free to contact me, or to correct or revert my edits if I'm doing something I shouldn't be. I'm sorry you've waited a while for copy-editing. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 23:13, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Done - I've removed a lot of irrelevant fan-cruft and added refimprove tags; this article is almost bereft of third-party references. Please feel free to contact me about the copy-edit. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 01:58, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

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Article Feedback newsletter
Hey all!

So, big news this week - on Tuesday, we ramped up to 5 percent of articles :). There's been a lot more feedback (pardon the pun) as I'm sure you've noticed, and to try and help we've scheduled a large number of office hours sessions, including one this evening at 22:00 UTC in the channel, and another at  01:00 UTC for the aussies amongst us :). I hope to see some of you there - if any of you can't make it but have any questions,I'm always happy to help.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 20:38, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

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AFT5 newsletter
Hey again all :). So, some big news, some small news, some good news, some bad news!

On the "big news" front; we've now deployed AFT5 on to 10 percent of articles, This is pretty awesome :). On the "bad news", however, it looks like we're having to stop at 10 percent until around September - there are scaling issues that make it dangerous to deploy wider. Happily, our awesome features engineering team is looking into them as we speak, and I'm optimistic that the issues will be resolved.

For both "small" and "good" news; we've got another office hours session. This one is tomorrow, at 22:00 UTC in - I appreciate it's a bit late for Europeans, but I wanted to juggle it so US east coasters could attend if they wanted :). Hope to see you all there!

Nomination for deletion of Template:Citation needed by
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