User talk:Jeffwang/Archive 5

Jim1138
I have made over 500 edits, reverts, and warnings in the last 24 hours. See Jim1138:contributions and Jim1138:Edit count I am bound to have made a few mistakes and ruffled a few feathers. BTW: your page decoration has broken the page formatting (try clicking on "New section") Jim1138 (talk) 19:09, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Libro del Conoscimiento
Hi, I noticed you added a "Biography of Living Person" tag at the Libro del Conoscimiento. Er, the Libro was written in 1351 by an unknown Franciscan friar. I am pretty sure he is no longer living (if anyone even knows his name). Could I ask you to clarify? Walrasiad (talk) 05:25, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
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Nomination of Wikiunity for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Wikiunity is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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 * I have closed this debate as Userfied, since you've already userfied the content. Note that it can't just sit there forever; articles in the userspace are expected to be there for a limited time, and only so that you can refine and improve the article to address concerns from the AFD. If it sits for a while, with no progress evident, another editor can nominate it for deletion via the Miscellany for Deletion process. FYI. Please let me know if I can be of assistance. Best, UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 21:38, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Comparison of wiki farms edits
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QRpedia
Hi,

QRpedia is a multilingual WikimediaUK project which uses QR codes to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language. We need a version of the article about it, in Chinese. Can you help, please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:22, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * How? Where do you want me to put it? -- J (t)  12:46, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. At http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia I suppose; or a transliterated equivalent. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:55, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to the Teahouse!
Hi Jeff! Thank you for signing up to be a future host at the Teahouse. Well, great news - the future is here, we'd love you to be a Teahouse host! During this pilot time, Teahouse hosts do more than just ask questions - they invite new users to the Teahouse and track those invitations, they also provide input and insight into the development of the Teahouse. A few things I'd love to see you do as a Teahouse host:
 * First, declare your Hostness! Add yourself to the Host page! This page is where new editors and your fellow hosts can learn about you and reach out. By signing up here you declare that you know how to serve up a great cup of tea. Add yourself here.


 * Learn more about your responsibilities as a host. Teahouse hosts have certain responsibilities during this pilot. If you feel you can't meet them, perhaps a host role isn't for you during this important pilot.
 * Invite new users with our invite guide. Aside from answering questions, the most important thing we need you to do as a host is to invite new users. Please follow these steps and invite as many as you can to experience the Teahouse. Also, please document your experience in the spreadsheet link provided on that page!
 * Visit the tips page. The tips page provides you some basic tips on how to engage with visitors at the Teahouse. We have a special way of doing things - unlike other areas of Wikipedia! (Such as greeting new editors with a simple "Hi!" and being as easy to understand and friendly as possible.)
 * Join the conversation by participating on the host lounge talk pages. We also have an IRC channel now for hosts to get to know one another, develop your skills, and eventually the channel will serve as an additional help space for new editors!
 * To visit the IRC channel: (Feel free to ask me for help if you're having trouble connecting!)

I'm so happy that you volunteered to lend a hand at the Teahouse. I look forward to following your contributions and invitations, and your assistance in making the Teahouse a great and warm place for new Wikipedians. See you there :) Sarah (talk) 21:56, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Inviting people to the Teahouse
Hi Jeff! I was happy to see you started inviting new users to the Teahouse. We actually need you to track all of your invitations during this pilot period, this will help gauge the success (or failure) of the Teahouse as a pilot project. As mentioned above, you can find all of that information here on the invitation guide.Thanks! Sarah (talk) 13:55, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Two
Hi! Welcome to the second edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse! You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. -- Sarah (talk) 21:41, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Teahouse celebrates one month of being open! This first month has drawn a lot of community interest to the Teahouse. Hosts & community members have been working with the project team to improve the project in many ways including creating scripts to make inviting easier, exploring mediation processes for troubling guests, and best practices regarding mentoring for new editors who visit the Teahouse.
 * First month metrics report an average of 30 new editors visiting the Teahouse each week. Approximately 30 new editors participate in the Teahouse each week, by way of asking questions and making guest profiles. An average of six new questions and four new profiles are made each day. We'd love to hear your ideas about how we can spread the word about the Teahouse to more new editors.
 * Teahouse has many regulars. Like any great teahouse, our Teahouse has a 61% return rate of guests, who come back to ask additional questions and to also help answer others' questions. Return guests cite the speedy response rate of hosts and the friendly, easy to understand responses by the hosts and other participants as the main reasons for coming back for another cup o' tea!
 * Early metrics on retention. It's still too early to draw conclusions about the Teahouse's impact on new editor retention, but, early data shows that 38% of new editors who participate at the Teahouse are still actively editing Wikipedia 2-4 weeks later, this is compared with 7% from a control group of uninvited new editors who showed similar first day editing activity. Additional metrics can be found on the Teahouse metrics page.
 * Nine new hosts welcomed to the Teahouse. Nine new hosts have been welcomed to the Teahouse during month one: Chicocvenancio, Cullen328, Hallows AG, Jeffwang, Mono, Tony1, Worm That Turned, Writ Keeper, and Nathan2055. Welcome to the Teahouse gang, folks!
 * Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is a really nice way to make new editors feel welcome.

Teahouse..ping!
Hi Jeff, just pinging you from the land of the Teahouse to say hi and that we haven't seen you for a while! We'd still love to have you participate as a host, but I also understand that we (Wikipedians!) do get busy sometimes with other things, on and off-wiki. If you'd like to still participate, great! We'd love your help answering questions and inviting editors to the Teahouse. If you don't think you have the time to participate right now, no problem, just please let me know! Thanks Jeff! Sarah (talk) 22:58, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Teahouse User boxes
Thanks for doing that, much better! heather walls (talk) 01:20, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Totally! Happy to see you fiddling around :) Sarah (talk) 01:25, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Recent Teahouse edits
Hi Jeff! Could we discuss your recent changes to the front-facing content of Teahouse before you make any more? Maybe drop by IRC and hash things out? - J-Mo Talk to Me   Email Me  01:33, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, partly because the logo is lowercase as well. I mean, what's wrong? I also made the fonts look better. And I think I'll skip the IRC offer. -- J (t)  01:34, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay. I think first level content headings and blocks of text of > one sentence should have initial caps. Why do you think those should be lowercase? The questions people ask, and the text in Host/Guest intro boxes have initial caps. - J-Mo  Talk to Me   Email Me  01:38, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * K. Please PLEASE. Don't change font sizes without prior discussion? - J-Mo  Talk to Me   Email Me  01:39, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree, but other than the content the layout area should be all lowercase like the pictures. -- J (t)  01:40, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, stop being so stuck up please... this is the type of attitude that shoos away editors from Wikipedia. -- J (t)  01:40, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Not sure how I'm being stuck up, Jeff. Don't you think that changes to the layout of Teahouse should be decided by discussion, rather than by fiat? - J-Mo  Talk to Me   Email Me  01:43, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, caps has been generally regarded as yelling online. Anyway, where do I discuss it and how will I get consensus? -- J (t)  01:44, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * ALL CAPS is yelling. Initial caps is grammar. We discuss this kind of thing at WP:Teahouse/Host_lounge - J-Mo  Talk to Me   Email Me  01:48, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

More Teahouse edits
Hi Jeffwang, you may not be aware of this, the guest profile is introduced to guests like this [] and already has instructions. I found that guests did not always know to remove your notes when saving this page, that is why I removed your edits. heather walls (talk) 21:31, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

RE:Barnstar
Thanks ;) I was wondering how come people havent added any content this time as its on ITN, but i figured most people dont know about the small country...pity as i enjoy reading what others add. Got somenew info/update to add but was too lazy yest ;)
 * BTW- seemslike youre a neweditor from theabove...if you have any q's then feel free to as k meLihaas (talk) 01:51, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * No probs, saw the"teahouse edits", which is usually on others who are new. Must have been the poster ;)Lihaas (talk) 01:59, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

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Heya Jeffwang! Saw your comment on my talk page about my revert edit on the Carrom article. I did not mean to be irresponsible with my edit, but it was to remove a large section recently added, that seemed to be merely a copy of the user's own userpage promoting a certain Carrom league. That's why I removed the chunk, especially since it was posted at the top of the article, before even the overview. I hope you understand now what my motivation was for the major edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexprod (talk • contribs) 02:39, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

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The Tea Leaf - Issue Four
Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter for the Teahouse!


 * Teahouse pilot wraps up after 13 weeks After being piloted on English Wikipedia starting in February, the Teahouse wrapped up its pilot period on May 27, 2012. We expect this is just the beginning for the Teahouse and hope the project will continue to grow in the months to come!

Thank you and congratulations to all of the community members who participated - and continue to participate!


 * What you've all been waiting for: Teahouse Pilot Report is released! We look forward to your feedback on the methodology and outcomes of this pilot project.
 * ....and if a pilot report wasn't enough, the Teahouse Pilot Metrics Report is out too! Dive into the numbers and survey results to learn about the impact the Teahouse has made on English Wikipedia.
 * Teahouse shows positive impact on new editor retention and engagement
 * 409 new editors participated during the entire pilot period, with about 40 new editors participating in the Teahouse per week.
 * Two weeks after participating, 33% of Teahouse guests are still active on Wikipedia, as opposed to 11% of a similar control group.
 * New editors who participated in the Teahouse edit 10x the number of articles, make 7x more global edits, and 2x as much of their content survives on Wikipedia compared to the control group.


 * Women participate in the Teahouse 28% of Teahouse participants were women, up from 9% of editors on Wikipedia in general, good news for this project which aimed to have impact on the gender gap too - but still lots to be done here!
 * New opportunities await for the Teahouse in phase two as the Teahouse team and Wikipedia community examine ways to improve, scale, and sustain the project. Opportunities for future work include:
 * Automating or semi-automating systems such as invites, metrics and archiving
 * Experimenting with more ways for new editors to discover the Teahouse
 * Building out the social and peer-to-peer aspects further, including exploring ways to make answering questions easier, creating more ways for new editors to help each other and for all participants to acknowledge each other's efforts
 * Growing volunteer capacity, continuing to transfer Teahouse administration tasks to volunteers whenever possible, and looking for new ways to make maintenance and participation easier for everyone.

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. Sarah (talk) 16:43, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Want to know how you can lend a hand at the Teahouse? Become a host! Learn more about what makes the Teahouse different than other help spaces on Wikipedia and see how you can help new editors by visiting here.
 * Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is really encouraging to new Wikipedians.