User talk:Pratyya Ghosh/Archives/24 (2014-08)

Gadulka
We have both been reverting anonymous edits on the Gadulka article. I think that the person (who is very persistent) may be having a language issue and wants material added, so I am going to try to oblige. If you have any other ideas, please let me know.Jacqke (talk) 07:48, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late reply, I was busy with some other work. I think the problem has been solved.-- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 14:31, 2 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I added what I could find online.Jacqke (talk) 21:43, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Wil Wheaton
Hi, i received a message stating that you removed a correction i made on Wil Wheaton's WIkipedia page... what did you correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.182.248 (talk) 00:07, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I think you can find it using this link. Thank you -- Pr at yya   (Hello!) 14:37, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Books and Bytes - Issue 7
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ITSF Page
Dear Madam/Sir,

I was wondering if you are currently in charge of the ITSF Page ?

I work for ITSF and i would like to update this Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ITSFwiki (talk • contribs) 14:59, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Images no longer exist after renaming them
Hi Pratyya Ghosh, today I asked several of my uploaded images to be renamed. Thank you for doing that. Unfortunately I have noticed that with two of them something must have gone wrong; the images that are now called "Center of Kessenich.jpg" (formerly "Sint Martinuskerk kessenich (2).JPG" if I recall right) and "Maasplas Kessenich.jpg" (formerly "Grindgat kessenich.JPG") can no longer be retrieved; opening them will show the message that "the resource cannot be found". Do you know what could be the matter here? It shouldn't be the extension change JPG > jpg, because I changed that with some other files and they are still there. I can't reupload these two files because I no longer have them on any drive (I uploaded them back in 2008). I hope we can fix this.

Kind regards, Wimpi - 7 August, 23:05 CET (I have no account on the English Wikipedia, so please contact me through my Wikimedia Commons talk page) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.194.49.196 (talk) 21:04, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ Answered at  -- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 13:45, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

VisualEditor newsletter—July and August 2014
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File:Philip II of Spain (young, French School).jpg
Hello : tittle is Philippe II of spain but it is picture of Philippe I of Castille. No reason ? Funny ! - Siren-Com (talk) 22:36, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm active in Wikimedia Commons. So I would appreciate that if you messaged me there. Anyway see this link There's something like   Per which reason I should rename the file? So use a valid reason first then it'll be renamed. -- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 14:03, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

Can you be my mentor please
Please. I have done so many violations on it that I need help fixing my mistakes. People are kinda worried because I'm not suppose to create categories. Maybe you could speak on my behalf. I'm wondering if you what categories are suitable to create and not suitable to create. I'm not banned yet you see; I just can't create categories I do have some mental health issues. Please Venustar84 (talk) 14:15, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes I can help you. Please let me know exactly what kinda help you want. -- Pr at yya   (Hello!) 14:22, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog Drive
Hello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer!

TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page.

If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you.

At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog.

As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate!

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תיקון חוזר לשם File:Genny Gross autographed portrait.jpg
היי, בנוגע לקובץ File:Genny Gross autographed portrait.jpg השם שלה עפ"י הכיתוב על הקבר הוא JENNY ולא GENNY כפי שרשום בספר ולכן ביקשתי את התיקון אבקש להחזיר את שמה ל JENNY בשם הקובץ. תודה, יואל — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobijin (talk • contribs) 16:38, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

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Userpages
Hi, Pratyya Ghosh, I noticed your edit on the Flemish wikipedia. Wouldn't it make your life easier to just insert the Pratyya Ghosh on your differente userpages? Lotje (talk) 07:13, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, I have translated your user page in spanish wikibooks. --Morza (talk) 08:53, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Actually Lotje I myself too thought about it. But rather than a soft-redirect I preferred a userpage where user doesn't need to visit two or three links more to know about me. This is the main fact. And Morza thank you very much.  -- Pr at yya   (Hello!) 12:54, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Did you try the ILL (interlanguage link) on the bottom of your userpage? In your case that would be bn:User:Pratyya Ghosh commons:User:Pratyya Ghosh simple:User:Pratyya Ghosh meta:User:Pratyya Ghosh wikidata:User:Pratyya Ghosh Lotje (talk) 13:10, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Lotje it's in my English Wikipedia's userpage. But not on other wikis. Cause I've said about these wikis where I'm active in my userpages at those wikis. -- Pr at yya   (Hello!) 13:18, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

TWL coordination
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Your signiture
Hi Pratyya!

I was wondering if I could suggest a minor change in your signiture? This is due to it containing depreciated code. The suggestion I have is to change it to, which produces -- Pr at yya   (Hello!) (the same as your old signiture). Thanks, -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  07:09, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * But why this is needed -- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 13:54, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Because the  tag is being phased out, so eventually the digniture will break. It is already invisible on the mobile site and a few browsers. Unfortuantely, changing the signiture is the best solution at this moment of time. -- Mdann  52   talk to me!  14:21, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Pr at yya  (Hello!) 12:50, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

GA Cup
Hello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer!

As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind:

For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles.

For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s).

The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc.

--Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor

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WikiCup 2014 August newsletter
The final of the 2014 WikiCup begins in a few short minutes! Our eight finalists are listed below, along with their placement in Round 4:


 * , a WikiCup newcomer, finished top of Pool A and was the round's highest scorer. Godot is a featured picture specialist, claiming large numbers of points due to high-quality scans of historical documents, especially banknotes.
 * 1) is a WikiCup veteran, having been a finalist every year since 2010. In the semi-final, he was Pool B's highest scorer. Cas's points primarily come from articles on the natural sciences.
 * 2) was Pool A's runner-up. Czar's points come mostly from content related to independent video games, including both articles and topics.
 * 3) was Pool B's runner-up. Another featured picture specialist, many of Adam's points come from the restoration of historical media. He has been a WikiCup finalist twice before.
 * 4) won the WikiCup in 2012 and 2013, and enters this final as the first wildcard. She focuses on biology-related articles, and has worked on several high-importance articles.
 * 5) is the second wildcard. George's points come primarily from meteorology-related articles. This year and last year, George was the first person in the competition to score.
 * , the third wildcard, was the 2010 champion and a finalist last year. His writes mostly on military history, especially naval history.
 * , the fourth and final wildcard, has participated in previous WikiCups, but not reached any finals. Bloom's points are mostly thanks to did you knows, featured lists and good articles related to sport and national symbols.

We say goodbye to this year's semi-finalists. ,, , , , and  have all performed well to reach this stage of the competition, and we hope they will all be joining us again next year.

There are two upcoming competitions unrelated to the WikiCup which may be of interest to those who receive this newsletter. The Stub Contest will run through September, and revolves around expanding stub articles, especially high-importance or old stubs. In addition, a proposal has been made for a new competition, the GA Cup, which the organisers plan to run next year. This competition is based on the WikiCup and aims to reduce the good article review backlog.

There is now a thread for brainstorming on how next year's WikiCup competition should work. Please come along and share your thoughts- What works? What doesn't work? What needs changing? Signups for next year's competition will be open soon; we will be in touch. If, at this stage of the competition, you are keen to help the with the WikiCup, please do what you can to participate in review processes. Our finalists will find things much easier if the backlogs at good article candidates, featured article candidates, featured picture candidates and the rest are kept at a minimum. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. and 22:09, 31 August 2014 (UTC)