User talk:Julia W

POTD notification
Hi Julie,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:South facade of Lyme Park house, 2013.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on January 29, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-01-29. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:39, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

POTD notification
Hi Julia,

Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Birdy-2450.jpg is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on May 15, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-05-15. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:04, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins
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A new user right for New Page Patrollers
Hi.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins) .MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia Revival
Hello, I'm Jamesjpk. I wanted to let you know that the Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia, has been tagged with a semi-active tag. I am messaging you about this because you are listed under the wiki-project's list of active participants. Please contribute to the WikiProject if you want to keep it alive! I hope that it becomes active again! Jamesjpk (talk) 22:25, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity talk page
Hello Julia W. I am somewhat confused about what happened there, because one post there was attributed to me that I did not write. I cannot remember what the IP address was, and its visibility was deleted to non-admins (like myself). If I understand, a possibly inadvertently logged-out user wrote their messages (I remember there were actually two distinct messages in that single post, revision 783713007). What I then did was to sign the two posts (also in one single post) to make it clear that these were new insertions, substituting the unsigned ip template (with the IP address and time as parameters, revision 783719336, with my edit summary "sign"). Then because of the deletions I cannot track what exactly happened. Is it possible that the possibly-logged-out user requested revdel of their IP address, but that you erroneously replaced the IP signature I added with my own username just before that? Otherwise, was there an attempt by another user to impersonate me in one/some of those deleted posts? Thank you for your time, — Paleo Neonate  - 22:17, 4 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi! I'm really sorry, this is totally my mistake. No one was trying to impersonate you. A request for the IP address to be hidden came in from someone who didn't state a user name, and as you'd followed along shortly afterwards to sign I figured it was you!
 * The history looks a bit of a mess, but I think it might be sorted now? Hey, at least I did manage to nuke the IP address. :P My apologies! Julia\talk  08:00, 5 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I made one additional change. Sorry for the mix-up. Julia\talk 08:09, 5 June 2017 (UTC)


 * This explains it all and was what I hoped, thank you very much for confirming. This now makes me wonder how come a very recent SPA knows about oversight and is so careful as to request it, but AGF to the rescue, the editor has at least accepted to start discussing; another editor also already started a thread at the NPOV noticeboard about the recent events, so we'll see how that turns out.  Thanks again, — Paleo  Neonate  - 08:21, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Table formatting of bird list
Hi Julia, I am assuming that you are going to return to List of birds of India - while the new formatting looks nice, I think it is going to take some effort to maintain it especially as many people make regular additions there and it gets worse when reorganizations are needed with ongoing taxonomic changes! Shyamal (talk) 07:29, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Shyamal! Yes, I will return to it, in bits and pieces as I find time. I understand your objection to the tables — I understand because I notice from your contributions that you are not using visual editor. In wikitext tables are a nightmare. For taxonomy updates, it's so hard to find that one species you're looking for in the middle of all the table markup, and there's all the table markup to fiddle with if you want to insert a species.
 * I encourage you to check out how tables work in visual editor, perhaps on List of birds of South Africa where tables are used for the whole list. I hope you'll find (as I do) that they are about as easy as maintaining straightforward bulleted text lists. As a long-term editor I was opposed to visual editor at first. I scoffed at the idea that it was "easier", or that we needed something WYSIWYG. But I suppose as life has gotten busier and my time for Wikipedia has dwindled, I appreciate more than anything how it saves time and effort, for referencing and for tables. It's a useful tool! Julia\talk 09:32, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I can only echo Julia's comments. I, too, as opposed to the VE for a long time but it has really improved in the last years. I look back with bemusement to the days when I created references from scratch and editing tables has become so much easier now. It's still not perfect and you will need to switch to source editing from time to time but giving it a chance when you would otherwise have to tediously edit wikicode manually is not a bad idea. Regards  So Why  10:56, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree that the visual editor has improved but can we keep the third column of the table as "comments" rather than "status" because sometimes a species entry needs a commentary on taxonomic history and other matters. Shyamal (talk) 11:44, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Makes sense! Julia\talk 14:03, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Gold dust day gecko
Hi! Would you be willing to add the featured picture template(s) to this newly-promoted photo? Thanks so much! Steevven1 (Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery) 17:15, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Correction! I see you already did it! However, I noticed there isn't a little star badge at the top-right of the image page. Is that a separate addition? I have noticed it on many other featured images. Steevven1 (Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery) 17:21, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Steevven! The little star badge is placed when the project where the image has featured status is the same as the project you're viewing. When you view your image on the English Wikipedia, it has a star, because it's a "featured image" on this project. If you view an image on Commons, it will only have a star if it's featured on Commons. You can submit it for FP there if you like! Julia\talk 18:44, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see it now! Thanks; makes sense. Steevven1 (Talk) (Contribs) (Gallery) 17:37, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Help please
Sorry to bother you. I have a requested move at Talk:List_of_common_misconceptions. Could you please comment on my move request? Thanks. Brian Everlasting (talk) 08:26, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Tables at List of birds of India
Julia, earlier this year you worked on changing the format of List of birds of India into table format. But I noticed that not all of it has been changed. Do you plan to finish that, or would you mind if I changed it back to text? I think it would look better if it was consistent. Thank you. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  22:45, 6 July 2018 (UTC)


 * I'd forgotten! Have been so busy. It certainly would look better if it were consistent! I'll table it all today. :D Julia\talk 12:30, 7 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanx! Keep up the good work. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   17:57, 7 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Just looked in on the project and I see it is completed. Nicely done! SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   22:01, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Change the name of: Ixquick by StartPage
Good morning. I think that you should change the name of: Ixquick by StartPage. Since the name of: Ixquick is out of date. The updated name is: StartPage. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notewiki2000 (talk • contribs) 04:24, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Elizabeth Byrd
Hello! Your submission of Elizabeth Byrd at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Reidgreg (talk) 21:25, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for the delays with your DYK. The article just needs an inline citation for the sentence with the hook fact. I've marked the spot with. – Reidgreg (talk) 21:25, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

DYK for Elizabeth Byrd
— Maile (talk) 00:13, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi Julia W! Check your email inbox. :-)

 * It's nothing urgent; just an FYI in case you have any input or objections. :-)  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   02:55, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:43, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular
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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
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File:Grapsus grapsus Galapagos Islands.jpg nominated for delisting as a FP
File:Grapsus grapsus Galapagos Islands.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been put up for delisting because it has been superseded by another image. Your comments are welcome. MER-C 14:51, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Arbitration case opened
In 2018, you offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has now accepted that request for arbitration, and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 23, 2020, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Jytdog/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

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 * Hi Julia. I'm Jennhawk.  I just wanted to say thank you for your evidence in this case.  I could have written every word you said--just not as well!  I admire you for doing so.  Jenhawk777 (talk) 20:08, 25 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Nice to meet you, Jen! Thanks for the encouraging words. It was difficult to decide to post the evidence, but I think it was the right thing to do. :) <b style="color: #4B0082;">Julia</b>\talk 11:00, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you, Colin, for the barnstar! I have you to thank for taking up the mantle for me first; I worried anyone who witnessed the interaction would think I was a loser, but you made it clear I was receiving abuse I didn't deserve (my self-esteem isn't the greatest, which is part of why I disengaged from editing so much after being clubbed by Jytdog instead of 'fighting back'). So, thanks! <b style="color: #4B0082;">Julia</b>\talk 22:27, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * You made the difference I think. That you have an established track record carried weight.  I would add a barnstar to Colins if I knew how!  (Chagrin!). Thank you again.  Thank you thank you thank you.  2601:4C4:4002:FB0:612E:15C0:61E4:2AA9 (talk) 18:38, 15 April 2020 (UTC). Sorry, wasn't logged in--Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:39, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Jen, that's very kind of you! I am sure we both added plenty of weight to the evidence. :) <b style="color: #4B0082;">Julia</b>\talk 22:27, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Updates to Spoken Wikipedia
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Julia Wanderlust:)
Cute User Page. Have fun.:) --BIanca617 (talk) 00:24, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
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New administrator activity requirement
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Thank you for your service

 * Oh hey, you're from Somerset!!! I lived there for nine years, very fond memories. Haven't been back in so long but I hope to be there again someday! <b style="color: #4B0082;">Julia</b>\talk 13:05, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Indeed I am. I live down in Devon now, but family still up that way :).  Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 13:07, 24 December 2023 (UTC)