User talk:Sm8900/Archive 8

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Section-sort
Template:Section-sort has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. G. C. Hood (talk) 22:53, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

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A contribution of yours at Anthropic principle has just been removed...
It's the section titled Ice density, and it was removed by User:SimonP for being uncited. I actually think it's good information and will defend it with you if you can find some source to cite and add it to the article. 65.183.156.110 (talk) 01:19, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

Directed Energy Directorate. listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Directed Energy Directorate.. Since you had some involvement with the Directed Energy Directorate. redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Senator2029 “Talk” 09:47, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Patterns of Evidence
Hello! Your submission of Patterns of Evidence at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Chris Troutman ( talk ) 00:06, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

note from 2007
SFC2 EAW/OP Hey Steve, not sure where to put this... I haven't played it for a while but I'll be happy to give you a brief on the differences between the titles, althought I've never played 3
 * Sounds good. please feel free to dos so. you can either add it to my talk page; just press the "Discussion" tab, at top, and click the "+" button to add a newtopic. or you can add it at the article. please feel free to write further anytime. thanks. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 23:47, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (September 27)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Primefac was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


 * If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to User:Sm8900/sandbox and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
 * If you need any assistance, you can ask for help at the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:Sm8900/sandbox Articles for creation help desk] or on the [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Primefac&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:Afc_decline/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=User:Sm8900/sandbox reviewer's talk page].
 * You can also get Wikipedia's Live Help real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Primefac (talk) 02:48, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

irc
IRCCLIENT another question,how do you all stay logged in here?is it thru your browser, or thru some software app? +Earwig ah - cool yes, there are many different kinds of IRC clients depending on your OS I can possibly give you a recommendation also, you can get a 'cloak' that hides your IP address from others sm8900 hm,ok.sounds good.I am on Windows 7. sure, go ahead and recommend any if you want +primefac sm8900, as long as you don't close whatever method you're using to connect, you'll stay connected sm8900 gotcha. except I am interested in any alternatives to using my browser +Earwig for cloaks - see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Cloaks clients... hmm, I don't really use windows, what's popular these days? +primefac Earwig, one second +enterprisey dunno, but HexChat works fine on Windows +primefac !link WP:IRCCLIENT +Helpmebot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IRCCLIENT +enterprisey that's what I use, anyway +Earwig that's the first that came to mind +primefac this has a few programs I use Trillian (which isn't on the list) +NickW557 I use HexChat as well, which is fine sm8900 hm,ok.good to know.

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 5
Newsletter • October 2015

Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:

We did it!

In July, we launched five pilot WikiProjects: WikiProjects Cannabis, Evolutionary Biology, Ghana, Hampshire, and Women's Health. We also use the new design, named "WPX UI," on WikiProject Women in Technology, Women in Red, WikiProject Occupational Safety and Health. We are currently looking for projects for the next round of testing. If you are interested, please sign up on the Pilots page.

Shortly after our launch we presented at Wikimania 2015. Our slides are on Wikimedia Commons.

Then after all that work, we went through the process of figuring out whether we accomplished our goal. We reached out to participants on the redesigned WikiProjects, and we asked them to complete a survey. (If you filled out your survey—thank you!) While there are still some issues with the WikiProject tools and the new design, there appears to be general satisfaction (at least among those who responded). The results of the survey and more are documented in our grant report filed with the Wikimedia Foundation.

The work continues!

There is more work that needs to be done, so we have applied for a renewal of our grant. Comments on the proposal are welcome. We would like to improve what we have already started on the English Wikipedia and to also expand to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. Why those? Because they are multilingual projects and because there needs to be better coordination across Wikimedia projects. More details are available in the renewal proposal.

How can the Wikimedia Foundation support WikiProjects?

The Wikimedia Developer Summit will be held in San Francisco in January 2016. The recently established Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is interested in investigating what technical support they can provide for WikiProjects, i.e., support beyond just templates and bots. I have plenty of opinions myself, but I want to hear what you think. The session is being planned on Phabricator, the Wikimedia bug tracker. If you are not familiar with Phabricator, you can log in with your Wikipedia username and password through the "Login or Register: MediaWiki" button on the login page. Your feedback can help make editing Wikipedia a better experience.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 09:03, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Newspaperarchive.com
You should have received an email containing a link to a Google form for Newspaperarchive.com access - could you please either complete that form or email me if you did not receive it? Nikkimaria (talk) 19:10, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * thanks! yes, I got it. will try to take care of that. thanks.

--Sm8900 (talk) 22:09, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

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WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 6
Newsletter • January 2016

Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:

What comes next

Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.

During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.

We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:
 * Creating WikiProjects by simply filling out a form, choosing which reports you want to generate for your project. This will work with existing bots in addition to the Reports Bot reports. (Of course, you can also have sections curated by humans.)
 * One-click button to join a WikiProject, with optional notifications.
 * Be able to define your WikiProject's scope within the WikiProject itself by listing relevant pages and categories, eliminating the need to tag every talk page with a banner. (You will still be allowed to do that, of course. It just won't be required.)

The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.

This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 02:53, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Israeli-Palestinian economic peace efforts
Hello! Your submission of Israeli-Palestinian economic peace efforts at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 22:03, 21 January 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 7
Newsletter • February 2016

This month:

One database for Wikipedia requests

Development of the extension for setting up WikiProjects, as described in the last issue of this newsletter, is currently underway. No terribly exciting news on this front.

In the meantime, we are working on a prototype for a new service we hope to announce soon. The problem: there are requests scattered all across Wikipedia, including requests for new articles and requests for improvements to existing articles. We Wikipedians are very good at coming up with lists of things to do. But once we write these lists, where do they end up? How can we make them useful for all editors—even those who do not browse the missing articles lists, or the particular WikiProjects that have lists?

Introducing Wikipedia Requests, a new tool to centralize the various lists of requests around Wikipedia. Requests will be tagged by category and WikiProject, making it easier to find requests based on what your interests are. Accompanying this service will be a bot that will let you generate reports from this database on any wiki page, including WikiProjects. This means that once a request is filed centrally, it can syndicated all throughout Wikipedia, and once it is fulfilled, it will be marked as "complete" throughout Wikipedia. The idea for this service came about when I saw that it was easy to put together to-do lists based on database queries, but it was harder to do this for human-generated requests when those requests are scattered throughout the wiki, siloed throughout several pages. This should especially be useful for WikiProjects that have overlapping interests.

The newsletter this month is fairly brief; not a lot of news, just checking in to say that we are hard at work and hope to have more for you soon.

Until next time,

Harej (talk) 01:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

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Category:Fantasy societal MMORPGs
Category:Fantasy societal MMORPGs, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. The Bushranger One ping only 23:44, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Tradewinds (game)


The article Tradewinds (game) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Could not locate any coverage in reliable publications; as written fails verification and notability.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Marasmusine (talk) 12:54, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Category:Space simulation narrative-based game
Category:Space simulation narrative-based game, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. The Bushranger One ping only 06:13, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Military history coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject has started its 2012 project coordinator election process, where we will select a team of coordinators to organize the project over the coming year. If you would like to be considered as a candidate, please submit your nomination by 14 September. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the current coordinators on their talk page. This message was delivered here because you are a member of the Military history WikiProject. – Military history coordinators (about the project • what coordinators do) 09:53, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Category:Adventure games in space
You created this category but most of those games in it are not adventure games. --Mika1h (talk) 20:10, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Abandoned draft
Hello there. I was looking through pages in the Draft namespace that haven't been edited in a very long time and came across Draft:World affairs work, something that you created. Were you planning on returning to complete it? If not would you do the right thing and nominate for WP:CSDG7 so that if someone in the future decides to create a draft of that same title they can have the feeling of making new effort? If I don't hear back from you in two weeks, I intend to nominate the page for MFD as there's no content which gives the impression that this draft is moving to mainspace acceptance. Thank you. Hasteur (talk) 13:28, 24 March 2016 (UTC)