User talk:Newcurtains

Welcome!
Hello, Newcurtains, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:


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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Clayoquot (talk &#124; contribs) 17:44, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Explanation for the frozen ~2011 articles
Hi Newcurtains. I came across your question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Climate change/Archive 1. I've been editing Wikipedia for 13 years, and concentrating in the climate change area (mostly Sustainable energy) for most of the past year. In terms of why so many pages seem to be frozen ~2011, I don't know of any active editor dynamics that would make it that way. The most likely explanation is simple neglect. Wikipedia's active editor population peaked in 2007 and unfortunately many of our science articles - not just in climate change and not just in controversial areas - haven't had a serious update since that time.

Re: Can someone offer guidance here? Last thing I want to do is corral a few associates to join me, spend hours working on edits, only to have them revert or reject through embargo or edit war, my suggestion is to WP:Be bold and ask for help at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Climate change if you run into any difficulties. If you use good secondary sources you should have no problem. Cheers! Clayoquot (talk &#124; contribs) 17:54, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to the online edit-a-thon on climate change topics in November 2020
Hi,

I am EMsmile, and I am a part of a group of people wishing to improve climate change-related articles on Wikipedia. We are organising the "Wiki4Climate" online edit-a-thon from 24 November to 1 December 2020. Please take part by registering here. This event is organised by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Future Climate for Africa (FCFA). If you have any questions about this event, please feel free to ask your question on the event's talk page here. Please also join us in the event's Slack channel for easier communication and to make this into a collaborative effort. To join the Slack channel, please click here.

We also recommend this new guide to you: Guide: How to contribute climate change information to Wikipedia (Baker, E., McNamara, L., Mackay, B., and Vincent, K. (2020). How to contribute climate change information to Wikipedia: A guide for researchers, practitioners and communicators. Cape Town: Climate and Development Knowledge Network and Future Climate for Africa). EMsmile (talk) 13:01, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you EMsmile, I'm glad to participate in the Wiki4Climate editathon! Newcurtains (talk) 11:55, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Testing out reply from my phone too Newcurtains (talk) 22:01, 27 November 2020 (UTC)