User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2022/Nov

A goat for you because...
You are the GOAT for helping bring Great Bear (roller coaster) to GA status! I appreciate your recent help, especially with the Loch Ness Monster DYK (which you should have credit for since your hook appeared on the front page)! Also, you did a fantastic job with your other GA-related amusement park articles!

I have been a bit busy in the real world lately, so thank you for hopping on and working while I am away! I feel I'll be back on this page soon enough to give you another Wiki love or barnstar soon for all your contributions! :D  Adog  ( Talk ・ Cont ) 20:13, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Adog! I really appreciate it. I'm glad to have helped with the Loch Ness Monster DYK and with Great Bear's GAN. Hopefully, I'll help expand more amusement park pages to GA status in the future.Speaking of which, congrats on improving Roller Soaker to GA and having it appear on DYK. Roller Soaker seems to have done pretty well on DYK, too. I hope you're doing well in the real world, but it's always nice to see you around. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:51, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Everything is going well. Getting out to socialize, real world volunteering, and do some monthly cleaning. It's good to see you around as well. I was a bit surprised when the GB-GA was on hold then passed while I checked on my mobile; but I figured a helping hand was out there! I am very grateful to have some volunteers out-and-about within the project. :D Adog  ( Talk ・ Cont ) 14:57, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Bowery Savings Bank Building (130 Bowery)
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:02, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
I'm still swooning over your voluminous NYC content and wrote this in tribute. Thank you so much for all your recent articles, I feel like I'm walking the streets sometimes! No Swan So Fine (talk) 10:01, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
 * @No Swan So Fine, I appreciate it. I'm genuinely happy to hear that you like my articles - it means a lot. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:08, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Castle Clinton
~  ONUnicorn (Talk&#124;Contribs) problem solving 00:02, 3 November 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 06:35, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for City Pier A
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 56 Beaver Street
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 56 Beaver Street you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Nathan Obral -- Nathan Obral (talk) 04:02, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Banshee (roller coaster)
The article Banshee (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Banshee (roller coaster) for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Newtothisedit -- Newtothisedit (talk) 15:41, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 56 Beaver Street
The article 56 Beaver Street you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:56 Beaver Street for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Nathan Obral -- Nathan Obral (talk) 18:21, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter
The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
 * Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
 * ICS Zulu.svg BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
 * Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
 * PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
 * Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
 * Pirate Flag of Jack Rackham.svg Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
 * Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
 * Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
 * Transgender Pride flag.svg Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
 * Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Algonquin Hotel
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 6 November 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 07:29, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Subway Nut
FYI, it appears that Subway Nut has been restored and is no longer a malware site. I don't think it's worth keeping it as an external link, but it's occasionally a useful source for station details. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:18, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * @Pi.1415926535, thanks for the heads-up. For some reason, the Malwarebytes browser extension still detects the SubwayNut website as having Trojans, and so do a few other applications.I agree with you on both counts - it's not an appropriate external link but may still be useful for verifying certain details about stations. Most of the links I removed today were external links. I only removed SubwayNut as a reference from two articles because the reference didn't fully verify the content. (These were East Williston station, where a photograph of the shelter was used as a source for "Some in the community have been considering building a whole new version of the original station house, but have instead opted for a decorative open-air shelter", and Merillon Avenue station, where a photograph of wreaths was used as a source for an entire paragraph talking about the Long Island Rail Road massacre.) – Epicgenius (talk) 19:30, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Low Memorial Library
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 10 December 2022. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Today's featured article/December 2022, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/December 2022. I suggest that you watchlist Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks and congratulations on your work!—Wehwalt (talk) 15:18, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks Wehwalt. I have attempted to trim Today's featured article/December 10, 2022, to 1,000 characters, but I'm not sure if I went overboard with reducing the blurb. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:45, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup awards


Congratulations on this award! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I really appreciate it. I'm honestly surprised that no one else surpassed this record even after I dropped out. Hopefully I'll have some time to compete next year. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:04, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Grammar errors
You should change "But English Wikipedia doesn't say that so,[citation needed] He is mostly an English Wikipedia editor."

to "But English Wikipedia doesn't say that so.[citation needed] He is mostly an English Wikipedia editor. Änglens (talk) 18:37, 11 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I changed the comma after "say that so" to an period since you made the "He" start with a big letter. It might be appropriate to change the "H" in "He" to an "h" Änglens (talk) 18:40, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for GhostRider (roller coaster)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Skyrush
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 16 November 2022 (UTC) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 04:13, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Lodewijk Woltjer Europe 's Quest for The Universe
Hello, Epicgenius Have you ever uploaded Lodewijk Woltjer Europe 's Quest for The Universe book on Internet Archive (archive.org)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yuliadhi (talk • contribs) 00:05, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I have not, unfortunately. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:28, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Phenomenal work
Phenomenal work on South Ferry/Whitehall Street station, Mets-Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line), and Interstate 495 in New York. Due to grad school, I have not had as much time to edit as I would like to, though I will try to find more time. Tons of articles just need news updates (like the postponement of a portion of the R262 order), updates on Penn Station, more details on track changes for Third Track, the subway weekend czar, and much more. Keep up the outstanding work. Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:31, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * @Kew Gardens 613, thanks, I appreciate it. It's nice to see you around. I've been busy in real life as well, but I'm still expanding articles here and there. When I have more time, I'd like to finish expanding other pages such as the Mets-Willets Point station, as well as update other things such as the NYC transit crisis article and the MTA History draft in my userspace. There are a lot of things that need to be updated, but hopefully it can be done. – Epicgenius (talk) 22:57, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Such is the curse of being a Wikipedia editor: our jobs are never done! Trainsandotherthings (talk) 14:28, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Great Bear (roller coaster)
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for New York Yacht Club Building
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society
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Your GA nomination of 30 West 44th Street
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DYK for 30 West 44th Street
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 30 West 44th Street
The article 30 West 44th Street you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:30 West 44th Street for comments about the article, and Talk:30 West 44th Street/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Neopeius -- Neopeius (talk) 04:24, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Help Please re your message
Hello EpicGenius - you recently sent me a talk message about an edit I made re the Notable People section of the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn - I did not remove anything, but instead I added Thomas Mignone as both a Film Director and Writer - he's a well-accredited and award-winning film director and screenwriter - I'm sorry if I didn't edit it correctly - can you please add him under these two categories (there is a 'writer' category already but I added the 'Film Director' as a new category.... thank you for your help and love that you enjoy math (!) - I have an engineering degree myself and am always fascinated by mathematics too!!!! Thank you again and happy, blessed holidays to you Steveguitar (talk) 15:59, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello @Steveguitar, and thanks for your message. I notified you that you nearly blanked the entire page because you accidentally reverted to a revision from seven years ago.Regarding Mr. Mignone, you would need to provide a reliable secondary source that shows that he is from Park Slope. After a reliable source is provided, you can re-add his name. Each name in the "Notable people" section is mentioned only once, so Mignone's name could go under a header of its own, for example "Film directors/screenwriters". Again, you would need to add a reliable source, or else your addition may be removed; I see that @Alansohn removed Mignone's name two years ago because there was no reliable source. – Epicgenius (talk) 17:04, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help, EpicGenius - would his birth certificate suffice - I know it says he was born in "Brooklyn" and the hospital is in Park Slope - he was raised there with his family. And do I send it to you? Is it possible to protect its confidentiality please? Thank you ! Steveguitar (talk) 18:07, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
 * , what's needed is a reliable and verifiable source that connects Thomas Mignone to Park Slope. Yes, he's notable, but there is no mention of Park Slope in his article and no reference provided in the Park Slope article to back up the claim. A birth certificate is a problematic primary source and I don't see a way to make the claim verifiable. I've searched for sources in Google, in Google News and in Newspapers.com and I've found nothing; if I found a source, I would have added it to the article, but because I didn't, I removed Mignone as a notable. I'm willing to keep on looking, but without the required source, it will be removed. Look at the article for Park Slope, to see the types of sources that are used for other notables. Please read the fundamental polices of Reliable sources and Verifiability to gain an understanding of how Wikipedia works in terms of sourcing. Editors like Epicgenius and I are happy to help guide you, but there have to be appropriate references included. Alansohn (talk) 18:41, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with what Alansohn said. Per our "Biographies of living persons" policy, we unfortunately cannot accept private information like birth certificates, utility bills, drivers' licenses, etc. as sources that someone lives in a certain place. This applies even if you were to send the birth certificate privately. Not only would a general reader not be able to verify it, but it is generally not a good idea to entrust someone on the internet with private information like that. Wikipedia requires a reliable secondary source, e.g. a newspaper or magazine, for this information. If there is a reliable secondary source citing Thomas Mignone as living in Park Slope, we can re-add his name to the article. – Epicgenius (talk) 19:53, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you so much... I will search for a reliable source and hopefully find one... I know he is proud of his roots and always gives back to his community - thank you again and happy, blessed holidays to you and yours!!!! Steveguitar (talk) 16:49, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

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Growth team newsletter #23


Welcome to the twenty-third newsletter from the Growth team!

Highlights

 * Mentorship: We released the new structured mentor list to all wikis. This change makes mentorship easier to setup, manage and use.
 * Positive reinforcement: An improved impact module is available for testing.



Positive reinforcement: an improved impact module to test
The goal of the Growth team is to encourage newcomers to try editing for the first time, and encourage them to keep editing. We want to increase newcomers' motivation by showing them how impactful their edits are.

Newcomers have access to an impact module; you can find yours at Special:Impact. The revised impact module provides new editors with more context about their impact. It will display the number of edits, the number of thanks received, the last time they edited, the number of consecutive days they edited, and the number of views for the articles they edited.

This module will soon be available at our pilot wikis starting December 1. You can already test this new module at Beta Wikipedia. For safety reasons, do not use your regular account and password at Beta wiki. Create a new, specific account for this wiki, with a different password.

Structured tasks: improvements based on patroller feedback
After the deployment of Structured tasks, we received feedback from various communities regarding how patrollers of recent changes were feeling overwhelmed by an increase in edits to check, and how some edits were poor quality or of poor relevance.

We made several improvements based on the feedback we received. Several points of improvement have already been addressed:
 * Patroller fatigue:
 * By default, newcomers can complete up to 25 "add a link" tasks and 25 "add an image" tasks per day. If patrollers are overburdened, each community can use Special:EditGrowthConfig to lower that limit.

The Positive Reinforcement project will also address some of the concerns around encouraging newcomers to progress to higher value edits. The Growth team will soon work on strategies geared at "Leveling up" newcomers so they progress from easy to more difficult tasks.
 * Quality of edits: what constitutes a "quality edit" is not a well defined concept. We initiated a discussion and summarized our findings. We also worked on the following improvements:
 * Add a Link
 * Underlinked articles are now prioritized, so it's less likely that newcomers are adding links to articles that are already have a lot of links.
 * The confidence score was increased, so suggestions are more likely to be accurate.
 * The default number of suggested links per article has been lowered to 3. This can be changed at Special:EditGrowthConfig. Communities can also exclude articles containing certain templates or categories from being suggested.
 * Add an Image
 * Lists will no longer receive "add an image" suggestions.
 * Disambiguation pages will no longer receive "add an image" suggestions.
 * We have many further improvements we plan to make to "add an image" in early 2023.

Recent changes

 * All Wikipedias now have the same onboarding experience. Previously, at a few wikis, 20% of new accounts didn't get the Growth features when they created their account. These 20% of new accounts were used as a control group, in order to know if the Growth features were changing newcomers' behavior. Experiments have shown that Growth features improve activation and retention, and as we want to provide the same onboarding experience at all Wikipedias, we have decided to remove the control groups. We will utilize control groups when testing new features, and German Wikipedia keeps a control group at their request.
 * The quality score for "add a link" suggestions will change. We will suggest less links for each article, but they will be more accurate. We will first deploy it at our pilot wikis, and then to all other wikis where this feature is available.
 * Growth's features FAQ has been updated and expanded. This page centralizes all the information about Growth features. We invite you to read it, and, if you can, to translate it.

News for mentors

 * All Wikipedias can now setup and manage a mentorship program in an easier way.
 * We changed the process to make it more reliable, easier to improve and easier to use.
 * Wikipedias where mentorship hasn't been enabled yet can turn mentorship on following a new process. When done, mentors can sign-up by visiting.
 * Wikipedias where the list of mentors already existed have been converted to the new system.
 * A new special page —  — now displays the list of mentors. This page can be transcluded on any other page. There are also new processes to signup as a mentor or to quit mentorship, and we improved community mentorship management.
 * The Mentor dashboard's "Your mentees" module will have a new footer, called "Recent changes by your mentees". This footer will include a link to Recent changes, where mentors can see only edits made by their own mentees.

Deployments

 * Add a link has been deployed to a 5th round of wikis.

Improving this newsletter
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