User talk:Thehelpfulone/Archive/March 2012

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Recently, on a memorial page of a deceased user you removed his admin tag. By altering the page you disturbed the preservation of the userpage. Please reconsider, as removal of the admin tag does not keep with WP:DWG. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:02, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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RFC Posted
Wikipedia_talk:Guide_to_appealing_blocks Hers fold  non-admin (t/a/c) 21:19, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Request for copy of deleted page
Hello! I saw your user name on the list of admins who can provide copies of deleted articles.

The article FutureChurch, which I and other editors worked on long ago, was A7-deleted by User:DGG at 01:56 on 10 March 2012, Eastern Standard Time (GMT 06:56). I would like to discuss the deletion with the deleters, but I can't do that intelligently without a copy of the deleted page.

Long ago, I believe it was possible to get the text of a deleted article by re-creating a new article (even a blank one) of the same title, since that new page would inherit the original article's history. But I don't think that works anymore, and in any event it's a violation of Wikipedia policy. So would you be willing to provide me with the final version of that article, either by emailing it to me or by posting it at User:Lawrence King/FutureChurch or anywhere else you like? (And -- I know this is asking a lot -- if the article was edited significantly less than 10 hours before it was deleted, I'd prefer a copy of the version before those final changes. I check my watchlist several times a day and I know it hadn't been edited for a long time before yesterday, but since the history is lost when it's deleted I don't know for sure whether there were last-moment deletions.)

The Talk page would be nice too, but not as crucial.

Personally, I wish that Wikipedia rules said that even A7 deletions require a 48-hour notice on the Talk page, but I'm just one lonely voice....

Thank you very much! &mdash; Lawrence King ( talk ) 18:13, 10 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Never mind! The deletion has been undone. &mdash; Lawrence King ( talk ) 02:03, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

You have new messages!
AshLin (talk) 06:53, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

New Page Triage newsletter
Hey all!

Thanks to everyone who attended our first office hours session; the logs can be found here, if you missed it, and we should be holding a second one on Thursday, 22 March 2012 at 18:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office. I hope to see you all there :).

In the meantime, I have greatly expanded the details available at New Page Triage: there's a lot more info about precisely what we're planning. If you have ideas, and they aren't listed there, bring them up and I'll pass them on to the developers for consideration in the second sprint. And if you know anyone who might be interested in contributing, send them there too!

Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 00:28, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 March 2012

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 * EdwardsBot (talk) 12:48, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Hey Thehelpfulone. I saw you just had a bot approved, and was wondering if you might have some suggestions or coding time available for some quick bots/scripts related to the new Teahouse help project.


 * The first idea is Twinkle modification or userscript that would semi-automate the process of inviting new editors to the Teahouse. It could automatically post an invite to the talk page and then load the email user page (if enabled) with an invitation message, all the while preloading usernames in the right places as it went along. It would could down each invite to only say 10 seconds rather than about 1 minute per invite which it's taking right now to change everything manually.  As getting new editors to the project while it's young is a high priority, this script/bot would be very useful.
 * The second idea is nvite tracking. We have a table of database reports that lists likely good new contributors.  What I'd like to do is have a bot update that table whenever a Teahouse invite was already on the editor's userpage.   A simple bot could be written which checked the userpages of those listed on the database reports page for the word 'Teahouse' and if present, updated a column on the respective report entry that the user had been invited.  This would also improve efficiency, and help us coordinate our efforts as a project.
 * The last idea is more long term, and it involves an Invite bot. If not now then after the Teahouse pilot, I'm curious about an automated messaging bot which could consider a number of factors such as rapidity of edits, absence of blocks, absence of warnings, as well as other sophisticated data such as WikiTrust or WP:STiki metadata which judges vandalism likelihood using a computer algorithm.  Although part of Teahouse's charm is its personal connection with users,  if Teahouse grows, it will be unideal if we have to continue doing this manually, I think.  It could still be done in a very friendly and intelligent way, and would make sure we didn't 'miss' anyone who could make a positive contribution.   This is a more involved and potentially controversial option, but intelligent machine assistance might be the way forward.

I have no idea if these ideas will interest you in the slightest, but you seem to be quite engaged with help processes and have coding experience, so I wanted to ask. If you don't have interest or time, perhaps you can recommend someone who might. Hope you're doing well. Cheers! Ocaasit &#124; c 12:56, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

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add photos
My greeting : it is nice to join in a talk with you as I'm sinking here alone and really need your help if you pleased. I can't add a photo to the article Abeer Almadawy that I created though I have many photos for her ,all are free and others I own them. I tried to upload them and already I did but failed to add any of them to the article. Another point I noticed that there's someone added junk information in the article" someone added at date 7, March 2012" he /she insulted the personality and everyday I try to come here to correct it. the personality is very known and loved among Arabs as well the rest of the world and has lot of followers so how I can stop this. finally I like to say that I know this Egyptian novelist personally so what I add from information " I'm hundred percent sure of it"though I'm from other country. I hope if you can help me to give a good look to this article. It will be very great of you. thanks Sonia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soniaalbert (talk • contribs) 22:41, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 19 March 2012

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 * EdwardsBot (talk) 14:41, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

help triage some feedback
Hey guys.

I appreciate this isn't quite what you signed up for, but I figured as people who are already pretty good at evaluating whether material is useful or not useful through Special:NewPages, you might be interested :). Over the last few months we've been developing the new Article Feedback Tool, which features a free text box. it is imperative that we work out in advance what proportion of feedback is useful or not so we can adjust the design accordingly and not overwhelm you with nonsense.

This is being done through the Feedback Evaluation System (FES), a tool that lets editors run through a stream of comments, selecting their value and viability, so we know what type of design should be promoted or avoided. We're about to start a new round of evaluations, beginning with an office hours session tomorrow at 18:00 UTC. If you'd like to help preemptively kill poor feedback, come along to #wikimedia-office and we'll show you how to use the tool. If you can't make it, send me an email at or drop a note on my talkpage, and I'm happy to give you a quick walkthrough in a one-on-one session :).

All the best, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:41, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Your bot
...is pretty helpful! I saw an ugly red message on a page, and just as I was about to fix it, your bot did. Keep up the good work! 28bytes (talk) 01:16, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Your bot
I saw that your bot left me a message on my talk page over here: User_talk:Yasht101

I just wanted to know that can you do like that for this WikiProject also: Wikipedia for World Heritage

Please do this if you can and if not, then guide me in doing that. Thanks and happy editing!  Yash t  101  :)  13:47, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

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 Yash t  101  :)  00:20, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 March 2012

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Thank you.
Thanks for the protection level on my talk page. I'm taking a break and will be back to Wikipedia when ready. --Chip123456 (talk) 19:53, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Fb Superettan and Fb Division 1
Hi! I noticed that you deleted several fb templates created by me and I am aware of the current movement to delete unused fb templates. However, the templates you have deleted are for the 2012 season which starts this weekend in Sweden, thus why they are unused at the moment but will be in use very soon. I'll recreate all these template when the first round has been played in the two leagues, just letting you know. I'd appreciate if you could avoid deleting any more of these for Superettan, Allsvenskan and Swedish Division 1. Thanks. --Reckless182 (talk) 21:58, 30 March 2012 (UTC)