User talk:OpenInfoForAll/Archive 1

FGS
For Heaven's sake he wrote the entire page! . He was removing content as a suggestion of mine as part of the page's peer review! Please do check what you are doing before reverting as "vandalism"! Giacomo Returned 16:13, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia from Elen of the Roads
Hi, OpenInfoForAll. I welcome you to Wikipedia! Thank you for all of your edits. I hope you like editing here and being part of Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~&#126;); when you save the page, this will turn into your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or put  (and what you need help with) on your talk page and someone will show up very soon to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:52, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

You seem to be new, so I've left you a welcome. I note you seem to have taken up vandal patrolling - this is valuable work, as the encyclopaedia is subject to a tide of rubbish. One tip I would suggest is that when checking an edit that is a bit different to the usual replacing every third word with 'penis' or similar, to look at the users other contributions first, to be sure that the edit is vandalism. Automated tools are great, but sometimes they just encourage one to go a bit too fast. If you need any help or advice, please leave a note on my talkpage. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 21:59, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the welcome. I had already been welcomed before a few months ago. The welcome template they put on my talk page got deleted accidentally while I was trying to archive it. Anyway, thanks for greeting me. KeeperOfTheInformation (talk) 22:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I did look in the archive - you wont be the first that's accidentally managed to wipe something while trying to archive it:) Anyway, hope you don't mind being welcomed twice in that case. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:26, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

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Messages
Hi; you left me a note, saying "You have new messages at Requests for comment/La goutte de pluie" - but, I don't see any mention of my name on that page?  Chzz  ► 16:33, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Same here. I'm not sure why I was pinged to participate. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 17:48, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Filing at WP:RPP
Hi there! Your edit that tried to tidy up the completed protection requests unfortunately caused some problems for the script that some of us admins use to clerk the page automatically. Your edit reordered the sections (requests, unprotection, edits to protected pages and fulfilled) which made the script created duplicates in trying to fix it and it all got rather screwy.

Anyway, I've fixed it now, but just go careful with clerking on that page because it's easy to make a mistake. Thanks for trying though, don't let me put you off! Regards, Ged  UK  13:53, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Arbitration thing
What do I do? What have I done? It's vauge, man, very vauge. Hinata  talk  22:47, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you considered notiying everybody that the whole thing is off? Agathoclea (talk) 10:27, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
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Requests for Page Protection
Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I have undid your edit because usually on WP:RFPP is used when there are ten or more reports pending. And if you do add manually it messes up the script that we use. You are welcome to use User:Rami R/rfppClerk to tidy up RfPP. Thank you! Baseball  Watcher  02:01, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thanks for your redirect.

Bearian (talk) 20:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC) 

Filter
Hey, thanks for getting on DJ Nihilist. I have another request: we have an IP hopper (referred to as the Roman vandal, or the RC vandal) whose edits are exemplified here. I have a list of IPs that have been used, User:Drmies/Roman Catholic?, that a few users help out at. My question: can you find a way to filter these edits out? The above linked contributions have typical edit summaries that they simply copy every time, from one IP to another. Your help is much appreciated. Drmies (talk) 05:15, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I was only reporting that the filter was made. The user you should be looking for is User:Sole Soul. OpenInfoForAll (talk) 21:20, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Will do. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 00:02, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jamey Rodemeyer


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NYC PR
I will be glad to review it, but it may take me several days. Thanks, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 15:35, 1 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure, I may wait until Ruhrfisch is finished so as to not double-up. ​​​​​​ ​​ Niagara ​​Don't give up the ship 20:59, 2 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for reminding me...reviewing that now. ​​​​​​ ​​ Niagara ​​Don't give up the ship 14:40, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination of Jamey Rodemeyer for deletion
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Women's history editathon
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The Right Stuff June 2018
  June 2018

 FROM THE EDITOR

The Right Stuff Returns

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Fellow members, I'm pleased to announce the return of the newsletter of WikiProject Conservatism. And considering the recent downsizing at The Signpost the timing could not be better. The Right Stuff will help keep you apprised of what's happening in conservatism at Wikipedia and in the world. The Right Stuff welcomes submissions including position pieces, instructional articles, or short essays addressing important conservatism-related issues. Post submissions here.

Add the Project Discussion page to your watchlist for the latest updates at WikiProject Conservatism (Discuss this story) -  ARBITRATION REPORT

Russian Agents Editing at American Politics?

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After a series of unfortunate events largely self-created, bureaucrat and admin was the subject of an Arbitration case for conduct unbecoming. Prior to the case getting underway Andrevan resigned as bureaucrat and admin. A widely discussed incident was when he suggested that some editors he described as "pro-Trump" were paid Russian agents. This resulted in a number of editors from varied quarters denouncing the allegations and voicing support for veteran editors including and the notorious.

Editors who faced Enforcement action include (no action),  (three month topic ban ARBAPDS),  (no action) and  (indef topic ban ARBAPDS). (Discuss this story)

 IN THE MEDIA

Breitbart Versus Wikipedia

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Breitbart News, in response to Facebook's decision to use Wikipedia as a source to fight fake news, has declared war on our beloved pedia. The article in Haaretz describes the Facebook arrangement as Wikipedia's "greatest test in years" as well as a "massive threat" to the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Breitbart's targeting of Wikipedia has resulted in an "epic battle" with respect to editing at the Breitbart article. The article has also recently experienced a dramatic increase in traffic with 50,000 visitors according to Haaretz. There is no love lost between Breitbart and Wikipedia where editors at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard have criticized the news websites unreliability and have compared it to The Daily Mail. (Discuss this story) -  DISCUSSION REPORT

Liberty and Trump and Avi, Oh my!

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There are several open discussions at the Project:

Recently closed discussions include Anti-abortion movements which was not renamed, and an RFC at Trump–Russia dossier. (Discuss this story)
 * There is an RFC regarding Liberty University and its relationship to President Trump; see discussion
 * Activist and commentator Avi Yemini is listed at AFD; see discussion

Delivered: 11:12, 12 June 2018 (UTC)

The Right Stuff: July 2018
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WikiProject Conservatism was a topic of discussion at the Administrators' Noticeboard/Incident (AN/I). Objective3000 started a thread where he expressed concern regarding the number of RFC notices posted on the Discussion page suggesting that such notices "could result in swaying consensus by selective notification." Several editors participated in the relatively abbreviated six hour discussion. The assertion that the project is a "club for conservatives" was countered by editors listing examples of users who "profess no political persuasion." It was also noted that notification of WikiProjects regarding ongoing discussions is explicitly permitted by the WP:Canvassing guideline.

At one point the discussion segued to feedback about The Right Stuff. Member SPECIFICO wrote: "One thing I enjoy about the Conservatism Project is the handy newsletter that members receive on our talk pages." Atsme praised the newsletter as "first-class entertainment...BIGLY...first-class...nothing even comes close...it's amazing." Some good-natured sarcasm was offered with Objective3000 observing, "Well, they got the color right" and MrX's followup, "Wow. Yellow is the new red."

Admin Oshwah closed the thread with the result "definitely not an issue for ANI" and directing editors to the project Discussion page for any further discussion. Editor's note: originally the design and color of The Right Stuff was chosen to mimic an old, paper newspaper.

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Margaret Thatcher is the first article promoted at the new WikiProject Conservatism A-Class review. Congratulations to. A-Class is a quality rating which is ranked higher than GA (Good article) but the criteria are not as rigorous as FA (Featued article). WikiProject Conservatism is one of only two WikiProjects offering A-Class review, the other being WikiProject Military History. Nominate your article here. (Discuss this story)

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Reprinted in part from the April 26, 2018 issue of The Signpost; written by 

Out of over one hundred questioned editors, only twenty-seven (27%) are happy with the way reports of conflicts between editors are handled on the Administrators' Incident Noticeboard (AN/I), according to a recent survey. The survey also found that dissatisfaction has varied reasons including "defensive cliques" and biased administrators as well as fear of a "boomerang effect" due to a lacking rule for scope on AN/I reports. The survey also included an analysis of available quantitative data about AN/I. Some notable takeaways:


 * 53% avoided making a report due to fearing it would not be handled appropriately
 * "Otherwise 'popular' users often avoid heavy sanctions for issues that would get new editors banned."
 * "Discussions need to be clerked to keep them from raising more problems than they solve."

In the wake of Zarasophos' article editors discussed the AN/I survey at The Signpost and also at AN/I. Ironically a portion of the AN/I thread was hatted due to "off-topic sniping." To follow-up the problems identified by the research project the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-Harassment Tools team and Support and Safety team initiated a discussion. You can express your thoughts and ideas here. (Discuss this story)

Delivered: 09:27, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

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