User talk:Fox/January 2012

On New Persia
Hello, I see that you have converted the CSD to a PROD on New Persia. However, the page with the same content was previously CSDed multiple times as it is an unambiguous violation of WP:MADEUP. Other editors have warned the page creator against creating the same page to no avail. Zzarch (talk) 10:28, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Article Feedback Tool - notes and office hours
Hey guys! Another month, another newsletter.

First off - the first bits of AFT5 are now deployed. As of early last week, the various different designs are deployed on 0.1 percent of articles, for a certain "bucket" of randomly-assigned readers. With the data flooding in from these, we were able to generate a big pool of comments for editors to categorise as "useful" or "not useful". This information will be used to work out which form is the "best" form, producing the most useful feedback and the least junk. Hopefully we'll have the data for you by the end of the week; I can't thank the editors who volunteered to hand-code enough; we wouldn't be where we are now without you.

All this useful information means we can move on to finalising the tool, and so we're holding an extra-important office hours session on Friday, 6th January at 19:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. If you can't make it, drop me a note and I'll be happy to provide logs so you can see what went on - if you can make it, but will turn up late, bear in mind that I'll be hanging around until 23:00 UTC to deal with latecomers :).

Things we'll be discussing include:
 * The design of the feedback page, which will display all the feedback gathered through whichever form comes out on top.
 * An expansion of the pool of articles which have AFT5 displayed, from 0.1 percent to 0.3 (which is what we were going to do initially anyway)
 * An upcoming Request for Comment that will cover (amongst other things) who can access various features in the tool, such as the "hide" button.

If you can't make it to the session, all this stuff will be displayed on the talkpage soon after, so no worries ;). Hope to see you all there! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 04:49, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

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Article Feedback Tool - things to do
Hey guys! A couple of highly important things to do over the next few weeks:
 * We've opened a Request for Comment on several of the most important aspects of the tool, including who should be able to hide inappropriate comments. It will remain open until 20 January; I encourage everyone with an interest to take part :).
 * A second round of feedback categorisation will take place in a few weeks, so we can properly evaluate which design works the best and keeps all the junk out :P. All volunteers are welcome and desired; there may be foundation swag in it for you!

Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

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ITN
Hello! This actually seems fine. However, because items along these lines arise from time to time (and might not always lend themselves to such recasting), the underlying issue should be resolved. —David Levy 13:14, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Conversation was continued at David's talk; feel free to add a talkback though &mdash; Joseph Fox 13:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi! I just replied at my talk page again.  Also, Tariqabjotu replied to your message at User talk:Tone.  Thanks!  —David Levy 02:50, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

3RR
Please read the definition of 3RR before leaving a false warning on my page. Intoronto1125 Talk Contributions  13:41, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

wielding
--batman 21:25, 10 January 2012 (UTC)hey do you know what wielder is — Preceding unsigned comment added by Killheart40 (talk • contribs)

Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! Secret account 07:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Sentou Gakuen
Hey there I've moved the Sentou Gakuen from my userspace. Also added more info and sources. What do you think? Did I miss something? Maybe lack of source?

Thanks Canestenmobile (talk) 20:23, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

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Article Feedback Tool
Hey guys; apologies for the belated nature of this notification; as you can probably imagine, the whole blackout thing kinda messed with our timetables :P. Just a quick reminder that we've got an office hours session tomorrow at 19:00 in #wikimedia-office, where we'll be discussing the results of the hand-coding and previewing some new changes. Hope to see you there :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:45, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

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office hours
Another notification, guys; Article Feedback Tool office hours on Friday at 19:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office :). If you can't attend, drop me a note and I'll send you the logs when we're done. We're also thinking of moving it to thursday at a later time: say, 22:00 UTC. Speak up if that'd appeal more :) Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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Unblock decline
You type faster than me; I was going to decline it, but I e/c'd with you. I was also going to remove talk page access; this is a wikilawyering GNAA troll. Do you mind if I remove the access? --Floquenbeam (talk) 03:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Foxj, huh?
hare j 19:49, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Emuj —Emufarmers(T/C) 19:51, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "Emuj" refers to someone different entirely. hare j 19:53, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

I like the layout here. Also, <3. Killiondude (talk) 02:36, 29 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Note that User:Fox is a double redirect. ZZArch  talk to me 08:48, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

For future reference, the "j" in "Foxj" is silent. —Tom Morris (talk) 13:12, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

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