User talk:Refinnejann

Hello, Refinnejann, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to place " " on your talk page and someone will drop by to help. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:02, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
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When I want to leave welcome messages or feedback for another user's edits (speedy deletion notices, etc.), is it appropriate to do it on their user page or their talk page? Thank you. Refinnejann (talk) 09:04, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * on their talk page. JohnCD (talk) 09:35, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

New Page patrolling
Welcome to the (unofficial) New Page Patrol, which needs all the eyes it can get. I found your messages to and moved them to his talk page. A few tips: Keep up the good work! Regards, JohnCD (talk) 10:48, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Read WP:CSD carefully - it's important to choose the right speedy criterion. You tagged Cox's page with db-a1 - "not enough context to identify article's subject", but that wasn't appropriate because the subject was clear enough. The right one would have been db-person - "no credible indication of importance or significance". There is good advice on speedy tagging at WP:10CSD and WP:A7M.
 * When the speedy template expands on the article page, it provides a warning near the bottom for you to copy to the author's talk page, which gives him useful links - another reason why it's important to select the right speedy reason.
 * I was pleased to see that you gave him a "firstarticle" welcome template - it's always good to do that if the author hasn't had one, because of the useful links, particularly to WP:Your first article. There is one oddity about "firstarticle" - unlike almost all the other templates, it includes your signature automatically, so you don't need to add ~ at the end.

Speedy deletion declined: The Christmas Lights
Hello Refinnejann, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of The Christmas Lights, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The APM cite is a sufficient claim of importance in my view. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Olaf Davis (talk) 12:28, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Greyson Michael Chance
An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Greyson Michael Chance. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion(s) by adding your comments to Articles for deletion/Greyson Michael Chance. Please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate.

Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:07, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest
I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:33, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
Hi, You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:24, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

New deal for page patrollers
Hi ,

In order to better control the quality  of new pages, keep out the spam, and welcome the genuine newbies, the current system we introduced in 2011 is being updated and improved. The documentation and tutorials have also been revised and given a facelift. Most importantly a new user group New Page Reviewer has been created.

Under the new rule, you may find that you are temporarily unable to mark new pages as reviewed. However, this is nothing to worry about - most current experienced patrollers are being accorded the the new right without the need to apply, and if you have significant previous experience of patrolling new pages, we strongly encourage you to apply for the new right as soon as possible - we need all the help we can get, and we are now providing a dynamic, supportive environment for your work.

Find out more about this exiting new user right now at New Page Reviewers and be sure to read the new tutorial before applying. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:29, 13 November 2016 (UTC)