User talk:GalaxyDog/Archive 1

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi GalaxyDog! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 02:29, Friday, December 27, 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

 * Hi GalaxyDog! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission.  I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Start Page
 * The Wikipedia Adventure Lounge
 * The Teahouse new editor help space
 * Wikipedia Help pages

-- 22:28, Saturday, April 4, 2020 (UTC)

Welcome to the GOCE!
Hello GalaxyDog and welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE)! We are glad that you have decided to help us in our mission to improve the quality of writing on the English Wikipedia! Here are some links that you might find helpful to get started on your copy-editing journey!


 * A how-to guide to Wikipeda copyediting
 * Wikipedia's Manual of Style (MOS), a helpful guide to refer to while copy editing
 * A simplified version of the above
 * A quick guide to writing on Wikipedia

You can help with copy-editing requests if you already have familiarity with the MOS and considerable English copy-editing skills, or start with articles tagged for copy editing to gain experience.

Thank you so much for joining the GOCE, we appreciate it!

For the GOCE, -- Puddleglum 2.0 (How's my driving?) 17:04, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

TWINKLE
Hi GalaxyDog, you may be already be aware but just in case, Twinkle is a gadget you can can enable in your preferences that makes certain tasks easier, such as reverting edits, leaving notices on talk pages, tagging pages, etc. You may find it quite handy. :) S0091 (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notice . I've heard of it and briefly enabled it to learn about it, but haven't really used it. Perhaps I should try it, thanks. -- Galaxy Dog  (talk) 21:38, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I've started using it now, and I agree that it's very useful! Thanks again! -- Galaxy Dog  (talk) 16:36, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Awesome! :) S0091 (talk) 17:34, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

thanks for welcoming a new user
I suppose I found my way here via the Teahouse. I see you've taken a lot of time recently to help one new user begin to make constructive contributions. I admire your speed of response and patience of explanation. I wish all the schoolkids at home with Covid-19 had such helpful and supportive guidance. Well done. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 21:55, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this comment made my day. I'm glad that I was able to be of help to them. :) -- Galaxy Dog  (talk) 21:57, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

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Copying your “lives in USA” userbox
Just a quick question, can I copy your “USA” userbox from your userpage to mine? Thanks in advance. Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (talk) (Origin of the username) 19:18, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure! I don't really care. I hope you're staying safe too :D -- Galaxy Dog talk 21:03, 28 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Also, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: the “stay safe and well” is part of my sig, since I wanted to share the sentiment without writing it out every single time... it is sincere, though. I’ll eventually take it off in 6 months or so. Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (talk) (Origin of the username) 21:05, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Well, have a nice day, ! -- Galaxy Dog talk 21:21, 28 April 2020 (UTC)


 * You too. Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (talk) (Origin of the username) 21:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 15
 News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (April 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 15th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here
 * Cscr-featured.svg SD0001's find-archived-section, now a gadget, is this month's featured script


 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Enterprisey:
 * link-deleted-revs (On error pages for deleted revisions, show a link to the Special:Undelete page)
 * undelete-backlink (On Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions)
 * Epicgenius's sortcategories (sorts categories in an article alphabetically)
 * Awesome Aasim:
 * addmylinks (adds a customizable area for links and/or text to the sidebar)
 * editrequest (tool that allows for processing and answering edit requests)
 * DemonDays64's Dumb quotes (replaces smart curly single and double quotes with "dumb" quotes)
 * Guywan's FileMoverHelper (move files and replace their uses in one action)


 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Enterprisey's reply-link has been updated to fail less, especially around template transclusions.
 * Twinkle released new features, including a new option to disable individual modules, support for stub template nomination at CfD, and integration with the PageTriage extension used to patrol new pages. (See full list of changes)

Open tasks
 * The  resource loader module was deprecated and is no longer needed; its functionality is now available by default. See mw:ResourceLoader/Migration guide (users) for more. Any dependency on it should be removed.

Pending requests
 * A script to reload feeds automatically
 * A script to mark templates in the TFD holding cell as ready for deletion
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests



Miscellaneous
 * User scripts/Most imported scripts now also shows the number of active users for each script. It will now be updated by a bot periodically.
 * Twinkle's Morebits library added a new  class to replace the moment library. It can handle custom formatting and natural language for dates, as well as section header regexes. If you were using   or   with   objects, those have been deprecated and should be updated.
 * User:SD0001/find-archived-section was made a gadget. You can enable it from your gadget preferences, in the Browsing section.

Hope everyone stays safe. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:27, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

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You want to join the 10th anniversary drive?
You’re missin’ all the fun there... Stay safe and well, -- Total Eclipse 2017  (talk) (Origin of the username) 21:01, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Eh, probably too late now... -- Galaxy Dog talk 19:09, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

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GOCE June newsletter
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) at 15:46, 5 June 2020 (UTC).

Using rollback
Regarding RedWarn - you might want to request rollback permissions over at WP:RFP/R, then, once successful, changing RedWarn's rollback method in your preferences from "rollback-like" to "rollback". It does make a slight speed difference, which may be convenient for your counter-vandalism efforts. Ed6767  talk!  00:30, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip, I'll consider requesting the permissions. Thanks for letting me know! — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 00:40, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , no problem. Also, what are your thoughts on having a RedWarn mobile app? Ed6767  talk!  00:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, you're the developer, so if you think it's necessary, then I'd say go for it! If you really want to know my personal opinion, though, I'd question whether it is necessary. That's just my personal view of the matter, though. Again, if you think it would be a beneficial addition to the anti-vandalism toolset, then I'd say go for it! — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 00:48, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks for the feedback! Ed6767  talk!  00:54, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem, ! — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 00:55, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

RedWarn - Quick Survey
Hello GalaxyDog! Thank you so much for testing RedWarn so far. I kindly ask that you fill in a short survey regarding the future of RedWarn and to help me visualise general user opinion surrounding certain features.

To access the survey, visit: https://devices.edxt.net/redwarnSurvey

Thank you again for your continued feedback and support, it is greatly appreciated. Ed6767  talk!  22:15, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

If you'd like to opt-out of receiving messages regarding RedWarn, or have any questions, please let me know on my talk page.
 * , I'm sorry for not responding.. — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 21:40, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , it's no problem! Ed6767  talk!  21:42, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Rollback granted
Hi GalaxyDog. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=User%3AGalaxyDog enabled] rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback: If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing!  Anarchyte  ( talk &#8226;  work ) 10:32, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
 * Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
 * Rollback should never be used to edit war.
 * If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
 * Use common sense.
 * , thank you! I appreciate it. — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 13:53, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , I have a question, if you don't mind: it says on Administrators' guide/Rollback that "... [rollback] should not be used for edits that were made in good faith (even if problematic)." However, does this still apply if I'm adding a edit summary to the rollback through a tool such as RedWarn? The reason I'm asking this is because RedWarn has an option to add an edit summary to your rollback (if the edits you're rolling back are not vandalism/nonconstructive). One of the reasons I requested this permission was so I can enable the "rollback" setting in the preferences of RedWarn, rather than "rollback-like" (what I was using before), so I think it will take unnecessary time to switch back to "rollback-like" if I see a good-faith edit that still needs to be reverted. In short: does this rule still apply if there is an appropriate edit summary along with the rollback, added through an external tool? Thanks, — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 14:34, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Simply put, if it is not obvious vandalism, an edit summary should be included. This includes when you're using external tools.  Anarchyte  ( talk &#8226;  work ) 16:00, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying, but I don't think you understand my question. Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was asking whether it's okay to use rollback to revert good-faith edits as long as an edit summary is included. I know that an edit summary should be included, but is it okay to use rollback to revert good-faith edits as long as I do include that edit summary? Thanks, and sorry for the trouble. — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 16:11, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * In other words, I'm asking whether good-faith edits can be reverted using rollback, as long as that one condition is met (that there's an edit summary). Again, sorry for the trouble. — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 16:13, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * If it's a good-faith edit, it cannot be reverted with rollback without an edit summary (but then that would defeat the purpose of rollback being a one click undo button). Revert good-faith edits with the undo button.  Anarchyte  ( talk &#8226;  work ) 17:21, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I'm not talking about the core rollback feature — I'm talking about using rollback with RedWarn, which allows you to add an edit summary. For example, this revert of mine. Even though it has an edit summary that I typed in, it has the "rollback" tag. Is it okay to revert good-faith edits this way, rather than using the "undo" button? — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 17:25, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I'm bothering you, I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing :/ — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 17:29, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, that's okay, is talking about standard rollback. ◊ PRAHLAD <sup style="color:#707">balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 00:31, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks for the clarification, . I presume Administrators' guide/Rollback was too, then. — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 01:39, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yup. ◊ <b style="color:#095">PRAHLAD</b> <sup style="color:#707">balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 01:40, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Correct. The edit being tagged with rollback doesn't mean anything, really. The one-click rollback should only be used for vandalism, but any other forms of rollback (Twinkle, RedWarn, etc) that might tag with rollback but allow for edit summaries are fine for other uses, too. <b style="font-family:Papyrus"> Anarchyte </b> ( talk &#8226;  work ) 10:06, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , thanks for clarifying. — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 13:07, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Cookie [Header added by talk page owner for organizational purposes]

 * Thank you, ! I didn't even know it was my Wikipedia birthday! Also, I hope you do not mind that I added a header to your message. — Galaxy Dog talk • contribs 16:05, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem; you're welcome. Happy bday! ◊ <b style="color:#095">PRAHLAD</b> <sup style="color:#707">balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 16:06, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 June 2020
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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 16
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:#606060; background-color:#f8f8f8; border-width:2px; text-align:left; padding:7px; border-radius: 1em; box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba(0,0,0,0.75);" class="plainlinks"> News and updates associated with user scripts from the past two months (May and June 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 16th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here
 * Cscr-featured.svg Ed6767's redwarn is this month's featured script


 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Enterprisey: abusefilter-diff-check* abusefilter-hide-search* live-reload* quick-vand-block*
 * abusefilter-mass-test* simple-notifs* User:Enterprisey/rc-thanks
 * DannyS712's RemindMe* Majavah's Aligner
 * BrandonXLF: ShowUserGender* ReferenceExpander
 * Awesome Aasim: oneclickdelete* noeditredlinks.js* editrequest
 * TheTVExpert: searchForSection* scriptDocumentationTabs
 * Alex 21: script-categoriessort.js* script-imageres.js
 * Ed6767's redwarn


 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Twinkle released new features, including a rollback links on history pages and Special:Recentchanges,
 * the ability to rollback-in-place on Recent changes and Contributions, a new option autoselect warning
 * level, and an XfD log. (Enable in your prefences; See full list of changes)
 * Headbomb's unreliable source detector script now allows users to add their own custom rules. See the documentation at User:Headbomb/unreliable.

Open tasks
 * Recent changes to the vector skin may have broken some scripts and gadgets. Uses of the  selector
 * should be replaced with . Additionally,   should be replaced with , and
 * should be replaced with . See T255718 and T254797 for more.

Pending requests
 * A script to simplify the process of nominating articles for good article reassessment (request)
 * A script to help create navboxes (request)
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests



If anyone else would like to contribute to future issues, please comment at Wikipedia talk:Scripts++. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:13, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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You removed one of my edits???
You removed one of my edits (see link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:170.253.105.132). This was NOT a test. I can't remember which edit it was, as I don't remember editing the page, but I don't do test edits. All edits I make are intentional, and in the case of these sorts of pages, is very often to remove racist language, as Indigenous pages are absolutely abundant with them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.253.105.132 (talk) 07:45, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * As said on your talk page, this was the edit I reverted (you changed "South America" to "South Americam"). That seemed like a test edit to me. —  Galaxy Dog talk 18:01, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

That wasn't me. I may have changed it the other way around, as again, I mostly just do typos and spelling mistakes, but I don't do test edits. Problems with sharing an IP address. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.253.105.132 (talk) 01:26, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Alright, then no need to worry about it then. Let's hope the message reached its intended recipient. :) — Galaxy Dog talk 01:31, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

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