User talk:Frood/Archive/8/2012

Page Triage newsletter
Hey all. Some quick but important updates on what we've been up to and what's coming up next :).

The curation toolbar, our Wikimedia-supported twinkle replacement. We're going to be deploying it, along with a pile of bugfixes, to wikipedia on 9 August. After a few days to check it doesn't make anything explode or die, we'll be sticking up a big notice and sending out an additional newsletter inviting people to test it out and give us feedback :). This will be followed by two office hours sessions - one on Tuesday the 14th of August at 19:00 UTC for all us Europeans, and one on Wednesday the 15th at 23:00 UTC for the East Coasters out there :). As always, these will be held in #wikimedia-office; drop me a note if you want to know how to easily get on IRC, or if you aren't able to attend but would like the logs.

I hope to see a lot of you there; it's going to be a big day for everyone involved, I think :). I'll have more notes after the deployment! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 19:52, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject Mozilla
WikiProject Mozilla has finally been created! We hope you will help out in the development of all the necessary WikiProject pages. Thank you so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you at the WikiProject! WP:WikiProject Mozilla  ҭᴙᴇᴡӌӌ  01:27, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I just discovered that a few hours ago, and I sent (another) email to the Mozilla Reps list, hopefully a few of them will get involved. Frood! Ohai What did I break now? 01:28, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That sounds great! Thank you very much. I also have been in touch with some of the people in Mozilla UK, hopefully we can get this page rolling!  ҭᴙᴇᴡӌӌ  01:35, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

New Pages newsletter
Hey all :)

A couple of new things.

First, you'll note that all the project titles have now changed to the Page Curation prefix, rather than having the New Pages Feed prefix. This is because the overarching project name has changed to Page Curation; the feed is still known as New Pages Feed, and the Curation Toolbar is still the Curation Toolbar. Hopefully this will be the last namechange ;p.

On the subject of the Curation Toolbar (nice segue, Oliver!) - it's now deployed on Wikipedia. Just open up any article in the New Pages Feed and it should appear on the right. It's still a beta version - bugs are expected - and we've got a lot more work to do. But if you see something going wrong, or a feature missing, drop me a note or post on the project talkpage and I'll be happy to help :). We'll be holding two office hours sessions to discuss the tool and improvements to it; the first is at 19:00 UTC on 14 August, and the second at 23:00 on the 15th. Both will be in #wikimedia-office as always. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 16:01, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of ECDL Foundation


A tag has been placed on ECDL Foundation, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

Moved to AfC, no need for redirect.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Frood! Ohai What did I break now? 16:06, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

A brownie for you!
15wongnh1-

Thanks. I'm new to Wikipedia, and what I wanted to say, was that the maps and music also contain elements from Westerns. Delete the bit about WW2 movies if you like.

(15wongnh1 (talk) 12:43, 14 August 2012 (UTC))

My RfA
Thank you for participating in my RfA. I really appreciate your sentiments, and in principle, I completely agree with you. I've always been of the mindset that the standards for adminship are way too high. However, since I applied, I have developed a much better understanding of copyright policies and am now more acquainted with the technicalities of Wikipedia.

Ah, but I'm fine with not being an admin, at least for the time being. I do plan on reapplying in several months time, maybe in early 2013? In any case, I've found quite a few things that I'm enthusiastic about and want to contribute to, so I expect I'll be sticking around for a good long while.

Hope to see you around, take care. =) Kurtis (talk) 12:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Edward Prutschi


A tag has been placed on Edward Prutschi, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

Moved to AfC, redirect not needed.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not meet basic Wikipedia criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think that the page was nominated in error, contest the nomination by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion" in the speedy deletion tag. Doing so will take you to the talk page where you can explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but do not hesitate to add information that is consistent with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Frood! Ohai What did I break now? 03:15, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Following your logic in the USA Wikipedia argument, please apply this logic to Asians as you are not describing them as yellow, please update as soon as possible, thank you in advance.
Following your logic in the USA Wikipedia argument, please apply this logic to Asians as you are not describing them as yellow. Please update as soon as possible, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Channard (talk • contribs) 15:22, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No, thanks. Frood! Ohai What did I break now? 20:19, 29 August 2012 (UTC)