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Reference errors on 1 April
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 * ✅ Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 08:17, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Planned Anal Sex Day
I'm sure you guys get more edits about Planned anal sex day than you get anal sex from a loving and caring significant other. This can change and should change (as long as you both take the time to be ready and willing). Sex is a beautiful part of a healthy relationship. Openess an honest new and exciting interactions can be incredibly rewarding. Help American society get over their puritan constipation by allowing (PASD)Planned Anal Sex day to be presented on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.70.33 (talk) 11:02, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


 * A google search found no obvious hits for 'Planned anal sex day' . If you can find independent quality sources to back this up feel free to create the article Planned anal sex day. I reverted your changes to April 18 because it was completely unreferenced. Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 11:07, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

deOrphaning script
Hello everyone! I was just working on responding to a couple bug reports for a script that I worked up as part of a request from this project, and I noticed that only a couple people (who weren't even on this mailing list) are actually using the script. A little history on the script: In March of 2014, came to my user talk page and said he needed some help in acquiring a script for a backlog drive that he was working on that could keep track of and score deOrphanings for a scored backlog drive. I took that request to the project's talk page (BackLog Drive "DO" (De-Orphaning) script proposal) and there was near unanimous support for this. I thought about the proposal and decided the best way to do it was to build a new script (which is still no where near as comprehensive as 's OrphanTabs) and build into it a mechanism that will make BLD scoring easy.

What I'm wondering at this point is, since there appears to be only two people using the script, should I continue to develop this script with a goal of using it for scoring BLDs or just debug the existing script and leave it at that. Thanks for any replies or comments.

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Counter attack
With regards to this edit back in 2013.

When something is written in Commonwealth English (and not American English) I do not think it correct to concatenate "counter attack", but rather to use a hyphen: "counter-attack". See OED counter- prefix if you do not have access to the OED see counter-attack in oxforddictionaries.com and Economist style guide: Hyphens.

I know that concatenation is far more common in American English, as is commented upon in MOS advise on compass points), so I would not presume to know what is "correct" for American English articles.

-- PBS (talk) 20:29, 2 June 2015 (UTC)


 * - Hi, I'm away at the moment, but that edit was done using AWB so you should post at AWB Typos and someone there will be able to help change things if needed. Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 21:05, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 4
Newsletter • May/June 2015

Hello friends! We have been hard at work these past two months. For this report:

The directory is live!

For the first time, we are happy to bring you an exhaustive, comprehensive WikiProject Directory. This directory endeavors to list every single WikiProject on the English Wikipedia, including those that don't participate in article assessment. In constructing the broadest possible definition, we have come up with a list of approximately 2,600 WikiProjects. The directory tracks activity statistics on the WikiProject's pages, and, for where it's available, statistics on the number of articles tracked by the WikiProject and the number of editors active on those articles. Complementing the directory are description pages for each project, listing usernames of people active on the WikiProject pages and the articles in the WikiProject's scope. This will help Wikipedians interested in a subject find each other, whether to seek feedback on an article or to revive an old project. (There is an opt-out option.) We have also come up with listings of related WikiProjects, listing the ten most relevant WikiProjects based on what articles they have in common. We would like to promote WikiProjects as interconnected systems, rather than isolated silos.

A tremendous amount of work went into preparing this directory. WikiProjects do not consistently categorize their pages, meaning we had to develop our own index to match WikiProjects with the articles in their scope. We also had to make some adjustments to how WikiProjects were categorized; indeed, I personally have racked up a few hundred edits re-categorizing WikiProjects. There remains more work to be done to make the WikiProject directory truly useful. In the meantime, take a look and feel free to leave feedback at the WikiProject X talk page.

Stuff in the works!

What have we been working on?


 * A new design template—This has been in the works for a while, of course. But our goal is to design something that is useful and cleanly presented on all browsers and at all screen resolutions while working within the confines of what MediaWiki has to offer. Additionally, we are working on designs for the sub-components featured on the main project page.
 * A new WikiProject talk page banner in Lua—Work has begun on implementing the WikiProject banner in Lua. The goal is to create a banner template that can be usable by any WikiProject in lieu of having its own template. Work has slowed down for now to focus on higher priority items, but we are interested in your thoughts on how we could go about creating a more useful project banner. We have a draft module on Test Wikipedia, with a demonstration.
 * New discussion reports—We have over 4.8 million articles on the English Wikipedia, and almost as many talk pages as well. But what happens when someone posts on a talk page? What if no one is watching that talk page? We are currently testing out a system for an automatically-updating new discussions list, like RFC for WikiProjects. We currently have five test pages up for the WikiProjects on cannabis, cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and Ghana.
 * SuggestBot for WikiProjects—We have asked the maintainer of SuggestBot to make some minor adjustments to SuggestBot that will allow it to post regular reports to those WikiProjects that ask for them. Stay tuned!
 * Semi-automated article assessment—Using the new revision scoring service and another system currently under development, WikiProjects will be getting a new tool to facilitate the article assessment process by providing article quality/importance predictions for articles yet to be assessed. Aside from helping WikiProjects get through their backlogs, the goal is to help WikiProjects with collecting metrics and triaging their work. Semi-automation of this process will help achieve consistent results and keep the process running smoothly, as automation does on other parts of Wikipedia.

Want us to work on any other tools? Interested in volunteering? Leave a note on our talk page.

The WikiProject watchers report is back!

The database report which lists WikiProjects according to the number of watchers (i.e., people that have the project on their watchlist), is back! The report stopped being updated a year ago, following the deactivation of the Toolserver, but a replacement report has been generated.

Until next time, Harej (talk) 22:20, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: University of St Andrews Boat Club (October 19)
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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 5
Newsletter • October 2015

Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:

We did it!

In July, we launched five pilot WikiProjects: WikiProjects Cannabis, Evolutionary Biology, Ghana, Hampshire, and Women's Health. We also use the new design, named "WPX UI," on WikiProject Women in Technology, Women in Red, WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health. We are currently looking for projects for the next round of testing. If you are interested, please sign up on the Pilots page.

Shortly after our launch we presented at Wikimania 2015. Our slides are on Wikimedia Commons.

Then after all that work, we went through the process of figuring out whether we accomplished our goal. We reached out to participants on the redesigned WikiProjects, and we asked them to complete a survey. (If you filled out your survey—thank you!) While there are still some issues with the WikiProject tools and the new design, there appears to be general satisfaction (at least among those who responded). The results of the survey and more are documented in our grant report filed with the Wikimedia Foundation.

The work continues!

There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.

How can the Wikimedia Foundation support WikiProjects?

The Wikimedia Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco in January 2016. The recently established Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in investigating what technical support they can provide for WikiProjects, i.e., support beyond just templates and bots. I have plenty of opinions myself, but I want to hear what you think. The session is being planned on Phabricator, the Wikimedia bug tracker. If you are not familiar with Phabricator, you can log in with your Wikipedia username and password through the "Login or Register: MediaWiki" button on the login page. Your feedback can help make editing Wikipedia a better experience.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 09:03, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Contested speedy: Liceo Marconi
Please see Talk:Liceo_Marconi. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:32, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Reference errors on 11 November
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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 6
Newsletter • January 2016

Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:

What comes next

Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.

During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.

We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:
 * Creating WikiProjects by simply filling out a form, choosing which reports you want to generate for your project. This will work with existing bots in addition to the Reports Bot reports. (Of course, you can also have sections curated by humans.)
 * One-click button to join a WikiProject, with optional notifications.
 * Be able to define your WikiProject's scope within the WikiProject itself by listing relevant pages and categories, eliminating the need to tag every talk page with a banner. (You will still be allowed to do that, of course. It just won't be required.)

The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.

This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 02:53, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

MoohanBOT
your bot is broken, adding "importance=Mid" twice, adding tons of pages to Category:Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls. see, for example, [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AAdam_Ginter&type=revision&diff=700914927&oldid=672287449 here]. 198.102.153.1 (talk) 17:42, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * was going to try to fix them, but there are currently over 3500 ... :( 198.102.153.1 (talk) 18:07, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Canoeing and Kayaking?
Hi James, saw your bot tagging the pages for Va'a and Outrigger Canoeing at the Pacific Games for WikiProject Kayaking. Nice work. It reminded me to look at the talk page for the project again regarding the proposal of WikiProject Canoeing and Kayaking as a better name three months ago. No other comments besides yours and mine, though, in the time since. What would your thoughts be on simply moving the page to WikiProject Canoeing and Kayaking now (and also creating a redirect from WikiProject Canoeing as per your earlier suggestion)? I'm thinking WP:BOLD. -- Ham105 (talk) 11:04, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * - Sounds good to me. Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 09:11, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Bot editing user comments
[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AAdam_van_Koeverden&type=revision&diff=701079834&oldid=700929540 Please stop this]. Frietjes (talk) 16:04, 22 January 2016 (UTC)


 * It's not just editing user comments, it is breaking template links. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:10, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Your bot's making some strange changes
Hello, in [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Phil_Coles&diff=700911903&oldid=603429669 its edit] to Talk:Phil Coles, it duplicated the kayaking and watersports WikiProject tags and added a duplicate importance parameter to the first kayaking WikiProject tag. Graham 87 14:53, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

And in the bot added the kayaking tag to a page where it didn't belong. --David Biddulph (talk) 04:53, 22 January 2016 (UTC)


 * - Thanks for letting me know, I've never had any issues with that task before... I'll review all the recent changes, fix any mistakes and hopefully figure out what went wrong. Jamesmcmahon0 (talk) 09:13, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I fixed the double importance= parameters since you weren't able to fix them for some reason. Frietjes (talk) 00:22, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 7
Newsletter • February 2016

This month:

One database for Wikipedia requests

Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.

In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?

Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.

The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 01:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Wikiproject United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
COASTIE I am (talk) 01:17, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 8
Newsletter • March / April 2016

This month:

Transclude article requests anywhere on Wikipedia

In the last issue of the WikiProject X Newsletter, I discussed the upcoming Wikipedia Requests system: a central database for outstanding work on Wikipedia. I am pleased to announce Wikipedia Requests is live! Its purpose is to supplement automatically generated lists, such as those from SuggestBot, Reports bot, or Wikidata. It is currently being demonstrated on WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health (which I work on as part of my NIOSH duties) and WikiProject Women scientists.

Adding a request is as simple as filling out a form. Just go to the Add form to add your request. Adding sources will help ensure that your request is fulfilled more quickly. And when a request is fulfilled, simply click "mark as complete" and it will be removed from all the lists it's on. All at the click of a button! (If anyone is concerned, all actions are logged.)

With this new service is a template to transclude these requests: Wikipedia Requests. It's simple to use: add the template to a page, specifying,  , or  , and the list will be transcluded. For example, for requests having to do with all living people, just do. Use these lists on WikiProjects but also for edit-a-thons where you want a convenient list of things to do on hand. Give it a shot!

Help us build our list!

The value of Wikipedia Requests comes from being a centralized database. The long work to migrating individual lists into this combined list is slowly underway. As of writing, we have 883 open tasks logged in Wikipedia Requests. We need your help building this list.

If you know of a list of missing articles, or of outstanding tasks for existing articles, that you would like to migrate to this new system, head on over to Wikipedia Requests and help out. Doing this will help put your list in front of more eyes—more than just your own WikiProject.

An open database means new tools

WikiProject X maintains a database that associates article talk pages (and draft talk pages) with WikiProjects. This database powers many of the reports that Reports bot generates. However, until very recently, this database was not made available to others who might find its data useful. It's only common sense to open up the database and let others build tools with it.

And indeed: Citation Hunt, the game to add citations to Wikipedia, now lets you filter by WikiProject, using the data from our database.

Are you a tool developer interested in using this? Here are some details: the database resides on Tool Labs with the name. The table that associates WikiProjects with articles and drafts is called. Pages are stored by talk page title but in the future this should change. Have fun!

On the horizon


 * The work on the CollaborationKit extension continues. The extension will initially focus on reducing template and Lua bloat on WikiProjects (especially our WPX UI demonstration projects), and will from there create custom interfaces for creating and maintaining WikiProjects.
 * The WikiCite meeting will be in Berlin in May. The goal of the meeting is to figure out how to build a bibliographic database for use on the Wikimedia projects. This fits in quite nicely with WikiProject X's work: we want to make it easier for people to find things to work on, and with a powerful, open bibliographic database, we can build recommendations for sources. This feature was requested by the Wikipedia Library back in September, and this meeting is a major next step. We look forward to seeing what comes out of this meeting.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 01:29, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:University of St Andrews Boat Club


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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 9
Newsletter • May / June 2016

Check out this month's issue of the WikiProject X newsletter, featuring the first screenshot of our new CollaborationKit software!

Harej (talk) 00:23, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

The Edits reverted on the Chris Renfrew page
I was adding some moves to Mr.Renfrews moveset after seeing some of his matches, I thought maybe if say, someone was playing a game of WWE 2K16, they'd want to know his moves so I just thought of adding those for that reason. Dwdpuma (talk) 12:29, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

I would also like you to bring back my edits. Dwdpuma (talk) 12:31, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

The edits For the page of Chris Renfrew Dwdpuma (talk) 12:32, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

A160
I updated the page to reflect the current status. I travel this route everyday and have done for the last 30 years. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.46.252.1 (talk) 12:55, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Draft:Khalid Hamad abuhaimed
Hello Jamesmcmahon0. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Draft:Khalid Hamad abuhaimed, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: WP:CSD applies only to articles, not to pages in the Draft space. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 13:36, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Tainui (canoe) etc
Was this a bot-gone-wrong? Can't believe you really thought that these were relevant for that tag.Snori (talk) 02:31, 3 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Hmm you're right, it wasn't a bot but I was using AWB to go through the list of Category:Unknown-importance Canoeing and Kayaking articles and I was making a judgement based on the title where I thought it was safe to do so. I should have taken a bit more care it seems. 92.233.157.113 (talk) 08:27, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 10
Issue 10 of the WikiProject X newsletter is here!

This month, we discuss the new CollaborationKit extension. Here's an image as a teaser:



23:59, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Draft:road safety in Europe
Hello,

I assume the draft Draft:road safety in Europe risk to be deleted because it is still a draft.

So, Might be you can approve it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.193.104.227 (talk) 18:47, 11 July 2017 (UTC)