User talk:Gerald Waldo Luis/Archive 13

Archive of talks, archived April 2022.

Precious anniversary
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:18, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , thanks for the reminder! :)  Gerald WL  13:26, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

To Fly!
Thanks for the extensive copyedit,, I definitely overlooked a lot of parts, and especially mega thanks for breaking the long paragraph in Release. I further did some ce-s, but overall thanks!  Gerald WL  07:50, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries, long paragraphs can be difficult to read, though many look much larger in the edit window because of the references. It's an interesting subject and I must admit I didn't realize the film's impact when I started the c/e. Good luck with your planned GA nomination, I think it should pass easily. Cheers,  Baffle☿gab  20:00, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , I agree, I went through a week of confusion on how to break the long paragraphs, like I knew there's a way but it doesn't seem to travel through my head. That's when I decided to put this on GOCE, so thanks very much. And yes, the film is literally the reason why IMAX is the way it is, and yet it's relatively overlooked. Thanks for the luck, happy editing :)  Gerald  WL  20:07, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * There's usually a natural point in a text, such as a change of subject or nuance, where a paragraph can be broken up. Sometimes I just break them anywhere so I can read the text properly! It can help to break them for editing, use preview, then re-merge if needed before saving the edit. Every copy-edit is different! I think I've seen To Fly!, its description seems familiar to me but it's been decades since I visited an IMAX. Perhaps one day I'll visit one and To Fly! will still be showing! :D Cheers,  Baffle☿gab  02:53, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , actually, To Fly! is still showing: Airbus IMAX Theater in Chantilly, Virginia. 11am and 2pm showings :)  Gerald WL  05:28, 6 February 2022 (UTC)

EATEOT
Hi Gerald. I've recently gone back to editing Wikipedia after some months of hiatus. Following some edits to EATEOT, I put it on WP:FAC, and I wondered if you could read through some of it and perhaps leave some comments. no pressure :) Wetrorave (talk) 02:50, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , nice to see it getting into FAC, I actually dreamt of this album last night cos of Otamatone and all lmao.. I'll be posting my comments soon, will also do a source and image review after that if nobody steps up. It should be not much, since I've talked about most of my concerns in the PR. I'm firm that this will pass, Caretaker would be amazed at how much his art has caused.  Gerald WL  05:54, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I had no idea what an Otamatone was before reading this and it's honestly been the best thing I've discovered on the internet since EATEOT itself (though for the opposite reasons and emotions). Love that A1 cover. Wetrorave (talk) 19:34, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , lmaoo everyone's been asking Sully to make a cover of it ever since he included an excerpt in his "songs getting uncanny" video, or whatever the title was. It's a pretty good and appropriate escapism from all the melancholic mindfuck of the real album.  Gerald WL  01:05, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of To Fly!
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article To Fly! 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 Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 13:40, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

tfa
Thank you for FAC help for my joy - more on my talk - best wishes for 2022 --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:17, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , you're welcome, it was great to be able to help with the FAC process, and it's definitely an interesting article! Best wishes for your 2022 too :)  Gerald WL  01:07, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you! - Valentine's Day edition, with spring flowers and plenty of music --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:21, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * stand and sing --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:57, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , peace, as it seems, do not everlast. but sparks of it shall remain in the hearts of the compassionate.  Gerald WL  05:35, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Mentorship Program
Hello, Gerald! We're currently experimenting with Growth Team Features on the English Wikipedia with a test group of about 25%. You may have seen this info on the Teahouse, but basically, one of these new features is a mentorship program, where new users can directly message an experienced editor for guidance on how to use Wikipedia. Currently, 2% of users have this tool available to them, but we're bumping the percentage up to (most likely) 80% in the near future. Since only 50 users signed up to be mentors, I'm searching for some more to join to lessen the workload for each mentor. The questions you'd receive aren't any different than the ones from the Teahouse, and most if not all are simple to answer (see my talk page for examples). If you're interested, you can sign up here. Panini! 🥪 13:42, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , oh wow, I didnt know about this and I've always wanted to help (despite me myself needing a little help at times), so thanks for telling me this! I've added myself there.  Gerald WL  14:46, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Sarah Azhari
I invite you to please join the discussion at Talk:Sarah Azhari.

Hello, we are seeking help with the Sarah Azhari article, created in 2013 & recently the subject of a deletion proposal. At issue was whether or not the Indonesian language sources establish notability. I am inviting you to the discussion at Talk:Sarah Azhari because you are in the Category:User id-N & have a minimum of 1,000 edits across all Wikimedia projects.

I realize that some of you are very busy while others may no longer be editing. Nevertheless, I thought it wise to consult with you.

Thank your for the work that you do on Wiki[mp]edia! Peaceray (talk) 21:06, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest. Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
 * The template db-afc-move has been created - this template is similar to db-move when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Question from Janepalmer73! on Why create an account? (19:39, 21 February 2022)
I am trying to edit a page. I thought I had to click on "Edit Source", I don't have the edit source option. How can I find that? --Janepalmer73! (talk) 19:39, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , hi! If you're on desktop, you can see the Edit source button above the page title; you must be able to see "Read", "Edit" "Edit source", "New section", and "View history". In mobile, there's an "Edit" button below the title. Mind looking again and see if you can see the edit button? I've never heard cases of unable to see Edit button so this is interesting.  Gerald WL  01:07, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Your Disrupt edit
Please stop disrupting the page, otherwise you may be blocked or punished — Preceding unsigned comment added by TzarN64 (talk • contribs) 19:08, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , hey there. I am not trying to disrupt your edit, but merely reshaping it so that it meets Wikipedia guidelines, and trying to improve it. If you have any suggestions I'd love to hear it.  Gerald WL  19:10, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * i fixed the article, so dont worry it is good now TzarN64 (talk) 19:19, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , hey, you essentially undid my edits without clear reasoning. The publisher part isn't really important and some of the infos are promotional. I'd love to hear your reasoning and how you think the article can be improved. It's a collaboration.  Gerald WL  19:25, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Stop.
Stop removing the "Infomation" part about the services. It would look like a mess — Preceding unsigned comment added by TzarN64 (talk • contribs) 19:35, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Not really, it would only take a couple of table settings and it would look better. I can do it for you next morning (its night where I am), patience is a virtue :)  Gerald WL  19:38, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

Final warning
You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you disrupt Wikipedia. These edits are disruptive and not needed; the material if not of encyclopedic interest.
 * , I don't think I'm disrupting Wikipedia. Can you please discuss, because there's no way we can collaborate if you don't want to talk.  Gerald WL  01:13, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey there, i cleaned up the page and it looks amazing now. TzarN64 (talk) 01:28, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * , doesn't really for me though. There's two rows for Nintendo Channel when you only need one. The Kirby and Wii no Ma informations are promotional (not encyclopedic), and the Nintendo Channel ones are taken from the Channel article which is not allowed. As I said, I think it would be great if we discuss what changes should be made for the article, and I want to hear why you undid my edits too.  Gerald WL  01:37, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for February 24
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Your GA nomination of To Fly!
The article To Fly! you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:To Fly! for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 20:20, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Features for new users coming soon (and mentors, like you, wanted!)
Hello. As you're currently listed as a host at the Teahouse, I wanted to make sure you're aware of the imminent rollout of new Growth  Team Features which every new account will be getting by default. Each users will soon see a new 'Homepage' tab next to their User  page. It contains two main elements which might impact on your involvement - and you'd be welcome to get  involved and help out directly with one of them. To spread the load on our current list of around 65 mentors, I'm reaching out to ask if you'd like to help out and sign up as one? The workload is relatively small; User  reports receiving four questions a month, on average, all of  which were simple ones of the type we already get at the Teahouse, whilst I've had just one in the last 3 weeks. To view a list of every question asked of all mentors over the last 14 days,  click here. If becoming a mentor and being available to help new users on their first few days here interests you - just as have done at the Teahouse in the past - then please consider signing up at Growth Team  features/Mentor list. But please only do so if you are genuinely willing to be available to help. Existing users can already 'opt-in' to seeing the Newcomer Homepage features via their  Preferences. Thank you! Nick Moyes (talk) 11:51, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Firstly, they will be offered a range of 'suggested edits', and encouraged to make simple improvements to pages that interest them. (Being  aware of this feature would be helpful for all Teahouse hosts if you're  likely to offer advice on tasks for them to start out doing.)
 * There's also a 'Your impact' box to show them how many people have seen the pages they've just edited.
 * Finally, each new user is randomly assigned a 'mentor' from a list of friendly, experienced editors, like yourself. If they get stuck, they can  ask a question directly to them via a Your mentor box, and hopefully get a swift, friendly answer from that mentor.   Currently, this feature is given to 2% of new users, but it's set to  increase to around 10% in the very near future.
 * , thanks for this! I have listed myself as mentor prior and am aware of the GTF, though I didn't read about it n full due to a human condition called laziness. I like the suggested edits part (which has been implemented prior on App). It's amazing that Wikipedia is further enhancing accessibility among newcomers, which it should be.  Gerald WL  17:04, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * this is a testtkt ktktktkkreplytool  Gerald WL  14:33, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of To Fly!
The article To Fly! you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:To Fly! 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 Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 02:41, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2022
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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:


 * Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
 * 🇨🇽 AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
 * Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
 * GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
 * 🇺🇳 Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
 * Flag of Provo, Utah (1989–2015).svg SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
 * 🇺🇳 Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Congrats on having 30+ watchers!
--Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 14:51, 4 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Damn, I didn't know about that, thanks!  Gerald WL  15:09, 4 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes! Just check the page information. --Regards, Jeromi Mikhael 02:31, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

WP:RFA
Apropos nothing, but self-noms are perfectly acceptable at Rfa. All the best! SN54129 15:39, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!
(btw: usually archive.today or ghostarchive.org can archive Instagram posts) Rlink2 (talk) 21:18, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , thanks for the barnstar! This article's subject holds huge significance in my heart as a perfect coalesce of aviation and cinema, and so I tried to give it the best article possible. And damn, I didn't know ghostarchive has an instagram feature-- I did try using it but perhaps I didn't know about this.  Gerald WL  04:20, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for your efforts

 * Thanks ! Damn, that was a huge part of my editing life, constantly editing the pandemic lead and all. You reminded me of my two COVID articles that I created-- should probably improve them.  Gerald WL  01:27, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from SteveRogersFr (23:52, 8 March 2022)
Hello! I recently harmlessly joked around with my friends by editing a Wikipedia page, and I got two warnings. Although my intention was not to vandalize and I would have changed it as soon as possible. Am I going to lose my account soon? --SteveRogersFr (talk) 23:52, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , hi! In your talk page, an editor has issued a final warning for you, meaning if you do one more bad edit to an article, you may be blocked. No don't worry, doesn't mean you're gonna lose your account-- in fact Wikipedia accounts cannot be deleted. The easy way here is just don't make such bad edits again. And It's understandable-- Wikipedia can be a really weird place to starters. Let me know if you need anything again : )  Gerald WL  01:20, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for To Fly!
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Living in the Age of Airplanes
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Living in the Age of Airplanes 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 Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 00:40, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Question from Qscientia on Articles for deletion/List of Russian generals killed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine (18:08, 21 March 2022)
How do I add a keep/delete comment? --Qscientia (talk) 18:08, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , hi! To add a keep comment, you must type an asterisk, space, then state whether you want to keep or delete in bold, then put your signature. So for a keep vote, it's something like:
 * Keep. ~
 * Usually it's also recommended to state why you want to keep/delete, so it will be like:
 * Keep. I believe this article is notable. ~
 * Lemme know if you need any more help!  Gerald WL  01:36, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. I believe this article is notable. ~
 * Lemme know if you need any more help!  Gerald WL  01:36, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Lemme know if you need any more help!  Gerald WL  01:36, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Lemme know if you need any more help!  Gerald WL  01:36, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

2020 Summer Olympic medal table FLC
Hello there,

I've made changes to the 2020 Summer Olympics medal table in regards to its pending featured list promotion.
 * -- Birdienest81 talk  09:28, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 49
 The Wikipedia Library Books & Bytes

Issue 49, January – February 2022 
 * New library collections
 * Blog post published detailing technical improvements

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 * Thank you for your share to the section about giving peace a chance. I took this image one in our local church in Germany in 2009, of OREYA, a choir from Zhytomyr. I wrote - with many others - Prayer for Ukraine. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:30, 27 March 2022 (UTC)


 * , that is a beautiful image! I love the way the costumes match the walls, really nice. And thanks!-- I'm quite a fan of visual poetry, so it's fun selecting and arranging photos.  Gerald WL  01:51, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * thank you, never heard "visual poetry" (I'm German) but understand immediately - the image was a quick shot when going to communion, and I noticed the reflection in the marble only afterwards, so it's a bit of coincidental poetry ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:37, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * , honestly I can relate. I often film random sceneries, and when I got home I would review them and just drop my jaw at how amazing they are. Art :)  Gerald WL  11:46, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

ANI discussion involving you
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is WP:Signpost team ignores NPOV. Thank you. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:09, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Hidden template use at FAC
Hi -- I'm going through this month's FACs capturing the reviewing statistics, and I noticed in this edit you used the hidden template. This is one of the templates that causes a problem at FAC because it includes all the text in a single template. collapse has the same problem, so the FAC instructions specifically suggest using cot and cob instead, since those don't enclose the text that's collapsed. See this FAC talk archive for more discussion of this than you could possibly want to read. If you want to keep on collapsing sections (which is not required, and in fact I know some editors don't like it unless it's a really long section) would you switch to cot and cob? Thanks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:13, 29 March 2022 (UTC)


 * , thanks for telling me about this! I seriously had no idea this is a case; I just remembered seeing someone using the same thing and I had always wanted to collapse my resolved comments. Thanks-- I'll be sure to implement this in the future!  Gerald WL  01:49, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 2
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Question from Garystrunson (02:03, 5 April 2022)
I’m just getting my feet wet checking this out. Thanks if I have any questions I will inquire --Garystrunson (talk) 02:03, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * , haha no worries! If you have any editing queries feel free to ask!  Gerald WL  02:07, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

TFL notification
Hi, Gerald Waldo Luis. I'm just posting to let you know that Ben&Ben discography – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 18. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008  ( Talk ) 01:57, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:A Sun music.flac
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:03, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Bolding support
Yes, but if you also "Support" in a level 3 header ( ===Support by === ) as well, the software sees two bolded supports, so counts your support twice. And of course, you only want to vote once; after all, this is not a Russian election :)    SN54129  15:46, 13 April 2022 (UTC)


 * @Serial Number 54129 hmm that's new to me. I've done this substriking and bolding for a long time without any coordinators concerning it, and I"m not aware of any softwares— even with it, I don't think it should be given weight (quality not quantity).  Gerald WL  15:53, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Question from Kawsar hossain Parvez (14:19, 18 April 2022)
Hi --Kawsar hossain Parvez (talk) 14:19, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Living in the Age of Airplanes
The article Living in the Age of Airplanes you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Living in the Age of Airplanes 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 Some Dude From North Carolina -- Some Dude From North Carolina (talk) 17:21, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

58th Academy Awards FLC
Hi there,

Hi addressed your comments for the 58th Academy Awards regarding its pending featured list candidacy and have made corrections based on most of them. Thanks for your input.
 * -- Birdienest81 talk  09:55, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

re gallery
Hi, I think the distinction between copy editing to be consistent with our style, fact checking, and just changing another author's work is quite important. We can work more on this next month. But for today and tomorrow, please leave the gallery alone, you are just repeating the same mistakes. Thanks, Smallbones( smalltalk ) 19:53, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2022
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GAN
If you're interested, I've nominated another article about a PDX restaurant for GA status. Happy editing! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:37, 27 April 2022 (UTC)