User talk:Hfordsa

Proposed deletion of (Don't) touch me on my studio
Hello, Hfordsa. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, (Don't) touch me on my studio, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:


 * 1) edit the page
 * 2) remove the text that looks like this:
 * 3) save the page

Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks, AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 07:44, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation
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Banned editors
Hi Heather, I'm an economics major senior doing Wikipedia editing as part of a independent study lab on contemporary media arts. I've edited about ten articles so far, and I'm going to write up my experience with those and continue editing informally. But I've also become interested in banning from Wikipedia, so my adviser suggested I contact you because of your research proposal on missing wikipedians.

On the third day after I started here, the banned editor User:Grundle2600 contacted me on my talk page about a blog post he wrote about the article Presidency of Barack Obama (probably because I had proposed a critical edit on that article's talk page) which described basically every critical thing which had ever been removed from that article. Someone else quickly deleted his message. Most of the items in his blog post were trivial, but some of the items seemed very substantial to me, so I started looking at Grundle2600's history and asking questions. I got some good answers, but also some push-back and what seemed like euphemisms under the circumstances.

In my lab report, I would like to explore the hypothesis that the prohibition against edit wars on articles means that "disruptive editing" has become a euphemism for annoying, unpopular, or both. I have these questions:

(1) Are there any existing studies of banned users or the reasons and circumstances for banning?

(2) Is there a way to get a list or a random sample of banned editors?

(3) Do you have any suggestions for this sort of a study in general?

Thank you for your time. EllenCT (talk) 20:47, 17 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Sounds really interesting, Ellen! I haven't seen any studies of banned users in particular but there is a bit on Wikipedia conflict (just do a Google search on "Wikipedia conflict" on Google scholar and you'll find them). You can get a list of banned users from this page but that won't give you blocked users. Not sure how you'd find that out but let me know if you do :)


 * Thanks. That helps a great deal. I'm not interested in people blocked for vandalism, but longer-term editors who get banned. I will send you a link to the finished report. :) EllenCT (talk) 16:06, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hi Heather! Welcome to Wikiproject Women Scientists! We're glad you've joined us. Check out our worklist for an inordinately long list of articles that need to get written. :) Thank you for joining us! Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 03:47, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

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Invitation
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Research
Hi Hfordsa, Please do send me a copy of the thesis thanks :) --Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:39, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Your thesis appears to have caused a bit of a stir
Hey Dr. Ford.

Thought you might be interested to know that your thesis has caused a bit of a ruckus over at the Wikipediocracy article. I see you've not been active in a while but any thoughts of yours on the matters at hand would be welcome. Brustopher (talk) 16:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for letting me know, Brustopher :) I'm going to hold off on discussions there - I feel like its up to the editors of the page to be making those decisions but I appreciate you pinging me. hfordsa (talk) 16:26, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Even if you feel you cant comment on the matter in a more general sense, would you be willing to describe the level of academic scrutiny the thesis was put through? It would help with ascertaining reliability. Brustopher (talk) 16:39, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I personally enjoy the irony that an attempt to add your observation of the perceived need for independent outsider critique sites like Wikipediocracy to that article in Wikipedia was resisted by Wikipedia insiders. Cla68 (talk) 00:51, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * By the way, the edit in question was this, later changed to this. Cla68 (talk) 00:56, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Clas68! Very helpful :) And yes, I agree that it has been interesting in a circular kind of way. hfordsa (talk) 07:27, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Nigeria Writing Contest
Hello Hfordsa, and happy Wikipedia @ 15. This is to notify you of Wiki Loves Nigeria Writing Contest organized by the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria to commiserate the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia. The contest will start on 28 January 2016 and end on 29 February 2016. Please help to suggest articles on notable Nigeria-related topic here and if you like to be part of the jury, add your name here. Thanks for your participation. Warm regards Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 08:40, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

April Fools? Nope! Welcome to the Women Scientists worldwide online edit-a-thon during Year of Science
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WikiBible
This is intended as semi-humor/semi-satire. As you have some experience in academic writing, perhaps you'd be interested in helping develop this, albiet from a very much tounge in cheek perspective?

In adding some of the footnotes the aim was also to satirise some of the academic commentaries on "ancient texts" that exist. Although it might not be your field directly, presumably you've encountered certain conventions of academic writing in older works.

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 22:51, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Contests
User:Dr. Blofeld has created WikiProject Africa/Contests. The idea is to run a series of contests/editathons focusing on each region of Africa. He has spoken to Wikimedia about it and $1000-1500 is possible for prize money. As someone who has previously expressed interest in African topics, would you be interested in contributing to one or assisting draw up core article/missing article lists? He says he's thinking of North Africa for an inaugural one in October. If interested please sign up in the participants section of the Contest page, thanks.♦ -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa?Lo dicono a Signa. 01:23, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to "target countries" discussion
Hello, Hfordsa! You can help the product team at the Wikimedia Foundation create a new list of countries and metrics to replace the "global south" concept in our process with something more relevant. Interested? Learn more about this discussion and share your perspective. (This message is available in more languages.) Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 01:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

the 2011 Egyptian Revolution article on English Wikipedia
Hi Hfordsa, I don’t remember the article but I am happy to answer any questions I can. (Heroeswithmetaphors)  talk  17:39, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! Would you be able to chat via email or would you prefer for me to ask you questions on your talk page? hfordsa (talk) 23:18, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Just on my talk page is fine. (Heroeswithmetaphors)   talk  18:44, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Do you remember how you found the article? Yes, I found out about the event on BBC News and went to Wikipedia for more information but as you saw the article had just been created and was simple. I did mainly maintenance-type edits to Wikify the article and make it look acceptable to a mainstream audience. It was only a few hours after it had been first created, but you may have encountered it from AFC? No, I never look at the general AFC, and only occasionally on WikiProjects.   (Heroeswithmetaphors)   talk  20:40, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for your answers, Heroeswithmetaphors! I am trying to paint a picture of where different editors were located when they made edits to the article in order to demonstrate the international dimension of editing. I understand if you aren't able to, but it would be helpful if you could give me any details about who you are (where you were editing at the time i.e. which country, where you are from, your gender). Many thanks! hfordsa (talk) 04:18, 26 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm American, male, and I was living in Buenos Aires at the time of those edits. (Heroeswithmetaphors)   talk  19:39, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
 * So super helpful, Heroeswithmetaphors! Thank you!

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