User talk:SMcCandlish/Archive 120

= November 2016 =

Please comment on Talk:Darren Sharper
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Books and Bytes - Issue 19
 The Wikipedia Library Books & Bytes

Issue 19, September–October 2016 by Nikkimaria, Sadads and UY Scuti  Read the full newsletter 19:07, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * New and expanded donations - Foreign Affairs, Open Edition, and many more
 * New Library Card Platform and Conference news
 * Spotlight: Fixing one million broken links

A barnstar for you!

 * An additional comment: I have not been looking at the article history, just checking the article every now and then that nothing went amok. And, things seem to be going grrreeeaaaattt! Thanks again.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 19:30, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I try to defuse disputes (when I'm not starting them, ha ha).  It's easiest for people who are uninvolved or neutral on something to see where both sides of an issue are going too far (or might).  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  23:22, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Well, you're doing a great job!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 00:32, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you. :-)  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  05:08, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to Asian Women Month
Hi there! As you may know, this November is Asian Women Month, hosted by Wikipedia Asian Month and WikiWomen In Red. Our goal is to encourage coverage of Asian women in order to help overcome the Asian content gender gap. Asian Women Month observes the rules of Wikipedia Asian Month. You will receive a special Asian Women Month barnstar if you create four articles in accordance with the rules for the event, as well as a postcard sent from an Asian community! Thanks for your consideration. Read more here! - Rimmel . Edits Talk 01:58, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Infobox person
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Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/The 50,000 Challenge
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 * Not to mention that your spare time will now be consumed participating in missile evacuation drills! :-)   William Harris  &#124;talk 10:22, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks. Was this for anything in particular?  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  14:17, 10 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Ronald Reagan
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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)

User group: New Page Reviewer
Hello.

Based on the patrols you made of new pages during a qualifying period in 2016, your account has been added to the " " user group, allowing you to review new pages and mark them as patrolled, tag them for maintenance issues, or in some cases, tag them for deletion. The list of articles awaiting review is located at the New Pages Feed.

New page reviewing is a vital function for policing the quality of the encylopedia, if you have not already done so, you must read the new tutorial at New Pages Review, the linked guides and essays, and fully understand the various deletion criteria. If you need more help or wish to discuss the process, please join or start a thread at page reviewer talk. The reviewer right does not change your status or how you can edit articles. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. In case of abuse or persistent inaccuracy of reviewing, the right can be revoked at any time by an administrator. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:34, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Be nice to new users - they are often not aware of doing anything wrong.
 * You will frequently be asked by users to explain why their page is being deleted - be formal and polite in your approach to them too, even if they are not.
 * Don't review a page if you are not sure what to do. Just leave it for another reviewer.
 * Remember that quality is quintessential to good patrolling. Take your time to patrol each article, there is no rush. Use the message feature and offer basic advice.

Please comment on Talk:Samantha Bee
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Please comment on Talk:South West Trains
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The Challenge Series
The Challenge Series is a current drive on English Wikipedia to encourage article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions, countries and topics. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are invited to participate.


 * Use   to invite others using this template.
 * Sent to users at Northamerica1000/Mailing list using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:16, 19 November 2016 (UTC).

Please comment on Talk:Russian financial crisis (2014–present)
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New Page Reviewer - RfC
Hi. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:05, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Template:Finland listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Finland. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Finland redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 01:18, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for Advice for hotheads ‎
Thanks for the essay. I hope it will be widely recognized and used. I think it could be improved by removing all the labels it uses to identify it's audience: "hothead", "argumentative", "cantankerous", etc. Offending an audience that's likely already defensive may turn them away. --Ronz (talk) 16:48, 26 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I am not being defensive! Stop saying that! I hate it when people say that! It's not fair and it's not true!  E Eng  17:10, 26 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Hmm. The entire point of those "labels" is that they're intended as self-identifiers. "You know you're at the right page if this resonates with you."  Perhaps the humor is too subtle. I'll try tweaking it a bit.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  08:09, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Done with the tweaks. While I do concede that the entire thing could be written as generalized advice, with no such terms, I think the intended main audience would never read it, and it would be redundant in scope with various other civility/behavior essays. The whole point of this one is to basically trick hotheaded editors (like the author of the piece, who has really been working on personal change in this regard!) into reading and absorbing it.  I thought about including some kind of "from one hothead to another" statement in it, but I don't want it to be a one-author piece indefinitely. Others (who aren't hotheads) may have good advice to add.  As a secondary effect, the slightly provocative title may entice editors who don't think of themselves as hotheads, but who nevertheless engage in hothead behaviors, to read it and think "oh, I guess I have been doing that too ...".   — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  08:31, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * PS: I copied this over to the essay's talk page, since that's probably a more transparent venue for discussing how to improve it.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  04:03, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Don't infer anything from what I said. I was just making a joke. If you remind me after my big deadline tomorrow I'll be happy to read it.  E Eng  13:01, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure, I was just replying to the thread as a group. Not sure what your big deadline is; I have been off-WP, for the most part, for weeks.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  04:03, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Assata Shakur
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Please comment on Talk:Stephen Bannon
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