Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed article creation trial/Checklist

GUI

 * An admin or template editor to make the GUI changes?
 * Is anybody going to take charge of this? It involoves the local en.Wiki interface. Don't expect the WMF to volunteer to do it. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:23, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * would you be comfortable doing this. Per my usual mantra, I have no idea how to make the tech side work. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:08, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
 * what exactly needs doing? If someone could whip up (or point me to) some basic "change X to Y" bullet points I can get this done -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 09:30, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * , See Autoconfirmed article creation trial. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:51, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * , Kudpung would be much more familiar with this side of the project than I am. I only pinged you since I knew you had tech skillz and were helping maintain this checklist :) TonyBallioni (talk) 21:41, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
 * These things need to be done otherwise the ACTRIAL mechanism wont work. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:11, 27 August 2017 (UTC)


 * , are you still not sure what needs to be done here? If not,, could you explain a bit more. This is not a part of the project I am as familiar with, so I'm not of much use beyond coordinating getting tasks done. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:03, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Ping didn't work, but glad to see someone is working on it -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 12:41, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I've already put the link up just above. Here it is again Autoconfirmed article creation trial. It can only be done by an admin. I can't do more than that. I've done things like this in the past but I'm not going to do it myself for this project - heck, I do enough already, plus the fact that I'm going to be out of town for much of te coming week. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 21:07, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * xaosflux has agreed to do  it. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 02:06, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Pinging as a pro-forma.    Dr Strauss   talk   18:08, 2 September 2017 (UTC)


 * I've added the new interface message - it won't be visible yet. The other one is ready to switch at MediaWiki:Nocreatetext (already in the page history). —  xaosflux  Talk 00:00, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Guidance

 * Per TonyBallioni's list, a help document for new participants in editathons explaining the AfC/NPP process.
 * for - is this already sufficient?    Dr Strauss   talk   15:19, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't think my pie charts are needed, but its a good start. I'll look over it more later today or tomorrow and see if there are any tweaks that could be made. TonyBallioni (talk) 15:32, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Mass-message senders

 * Admin mass-message
 * NPP mass-message
 * We need to decide whether to send these out as separate messages or in the standard newsletters.

Survey
Please add a numbered point under the heading you agree with.

Separate messages

 * 1) Support: the newsletters have already been designed as standalone messages per 's WP:ACTRIAL. Furthermore, ACTRIAL is such a big change that a separate message is warranted in my opinion in order to fully gain the attention of those with the technical capabilities who will be affected by this (admins and reviewers).  I'm not familiar with the standard newsletter schedule but if we wait until the periodical mass message we might not give adequate warning for less active members to prepare.  I would also suggest that the mass message sender who is appointed should send the messages at the fortnight-remaining mark to give ample time for both this discussion and user preparation.    Dr Strauss   talk   15:24, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't really care either way, but I also see the advantage of not double posting standalone messages on many people's talk pages. made some points at WT:ACTRIAL at how makinh too big a deal could also cause issues. I also see your point above: the messages would be  ready to go with a few tweaks if we decide to do it seperate. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:44, 17 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Wikipedia seems to have recently  gone mass-message crazy. Nobody on the maintenance side (admins, patrollers, reviewers) is going  to be affected at all by  the change. They  will  probably  notice a change (if they  even bother to  notice these things) in  the general profile of new articles, but that's all. Truly  busy admins may  notice that  there are fewer CSD to delete.
 * I believe this should be done with  a minimum of fuss, otherwise we'll  be causing  a mass panic and using  valuable editing  time by  answering  countless silly questions in  response to  the mailing. As far as workload goes, that  would kind of defeat  the object  of the exercise. This is a policy  change that  could be sufficiently reported in  Signpost  if someone would like  to  draft  an article here for  us to  check. (Signpost? What  Signpost? - yet another sign  of declining interest in  running  Wikipedia?)
 * A mass message to the short task force list at WP:NPPAFC might be appropriate,  because they  are concerned with  on-going improvement  to  the concerned systems and also helping out  at  COIN and SPI on  the renewed huge spate  of sock farms and paid editing/extortion. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:36, 18 August 2017 (UTC)


 * I feel that a mass-message to the NPP-AFC group and something like the top 100(??) NPReviewers will be optimum.I don't find much (or any) justification in mass-messaging sysops about the change.Also, teahouse-hosts and people who contribute actively at the help-desk ought to know about the change.Godric on Leave (talk) 04:58, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Section in periodicals

 * Notify helpers ✅   Dr Strauss   talk   15:14, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
 * , I sent it to the NPR list as part of the regular update. Most active admins get that. If we send it out to the admin newsletter again with an exact date in the regular communication it would be fine, but I don't want any overkill. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:42, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Update pages

 * 1) User access levels ✅ I have avoided time-specific phrases to minimise confusion. (diff)   Dr Strauss   talk   15:02, 17 August 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Special:ListGroupRights
 * hmph. I can't do this one - are special pages sysop-protected?    Dr Strauss   talk   13:26, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * This page is based on the site configuration. The list of rights cannot be edited on wiki. The description of a right can be by changing (or creating) pages in the MediaWiki namespace. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 17:33, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Does this still need to be done? TonyBallioni (talk) 17:06, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep.   Dr Strauss   talk   18:07, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * , is this something you could do. The exact process here is a bit over my head technically as to what is needed. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:25, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, a bit lost. This page will automatically change - what needs to be done? —  xaosflux  Talk 18:37, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * If you say it will automatically change, that should be good. I was simply pinging because said it still needed to be updated. Thanks for the clarification. TonyBallioni (talk) 18:40, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It needs to be done, but gets done by the config update. The only thing we would do on wiki is if we wanted to change the localization name of one of the groups (which I don't see above) - for example we changed "patroller" to "new page reviewer" before. —  xaosflux  Talk 21:10, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm assuming editing the config pages requires administrator privileges?   Dr Strauss   talk   19:45, 11 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, please note I have very limited capabilities right now due to Hurricane Irma impact in my area. — xaosflux  Talk 00:49, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * oh dear, sorry to hear that, hope it all goes okay - I wasn't passively prodding you if that's what you mean.   Dr Strauss   talk   14:58, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) How to run an edit-a-thon ✅ I have avoided time-specific phrases to minimise confusion. (diff)   Dr Strauss   talk   15:11, 17 August 2017 (UTC) Changes self-reverted upon advice.Godric on Leave (talk) 05:03, 18 August 2017 (UTC)
 * 2) Updates to Article wizard