Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2019-12-27/On the bright side


 * Hi . I tend to comment on In The Bright Side and enjoy reading the Signpost, especially this series. I've wanted to help the Signpost for awhile, but I don't think I'd be able to write an entire article by myself for it. I've tried before and for me at least, it's a lot harder than it looks. That said, I'd like to keep trying. I like the idea of a team of volunteers, though, for In The Bright Side. Many hands make light work, right? Clover moss  (talk) 19:26, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, I would be happy to collaborate with you on future issues. There are a few ways that this could happen. One is that we could alternate weeks. Another is that each of us could contribute one point to each week's content. Do either of those sound appealing to you? I am open to other suggestions too. ↠Pine   ( ✉ )  22:26, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I like the idea of each of us contributing a point each week. I'm not a super active Wikipedian especially with being a student but I think I'm active enough for that kind of commitment. When we collaborate, would it be in the Newsroom? Clover moss  (talk) 22:33, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * the way that I usually start "On the bright side" is with a template that has placeholders for each week's content. Then each week I add some content to the draft, including a translation of "What's making you happy this week" in to a language that is relevant to the content. We can both edit the draft each week. If we want to discuss the draft then the Newsroom talk page would be one good place to do that. If we want to have realtime conversations then there are additional tools that we can use such as Google Hangouts or Internet relay chat. ↠Pine   ( ✉ )  22:52, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, that sounds good. I'd prefer to keep communication on-wiki or through email but I might consider the Google Hangouts idea. Thanks for letting me collaborate wih you... I'm really excited about it. Clover moss  (talk) 23:52, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * that sounds fine to me. Would you like to introduce yourself in the Newsroom talk page? Mainly what would be good to state there is that you are volunteering to collaborate on "On the bright side". Biographical information is unnecessary but can be included if you are okay with that information being public. In your introduction, I recommend pinging the current editor in chief of The Signpost, who is, and his primary assistant, who is . Thank you for volunteering. After your introduction, let's discuss content for next week on that page. ↠Pine   ( ✉ )  23:59, 27 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I believe the first caption is meant to read "a historic" instead of "an historic". See . Cheers, Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 19:27, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, there was a discussion about this at Bot requests/Archive 41. The consensus appears to be that it is a WP:ENGVAR issue. Personally, I am okay with either option. If you would like to change the text to read "a historic", I won't object, but please don't get into an edit war with someone about it. Thanks! ↠Pine   ( ✉ )  22:30, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * doesn't matter, thanks for the help though! Willbb234Talk (please &#123;&#123;ping&#125;&#125; me in replies) 23:18, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately my Wikipedia experience this month (indeed, this year) has been more in the nature of "what is making you unhappy". I've not been keeping a diary or commonplace book, but as Qian Xuan is so delightful (thank you) and in the spirit of sharing, here we are some recent things that I have found uplifting:

Good luck with your plan to crowdsource some happiness. God knows, we need it. Just keep swimming. Theramin (talk) 01:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for sharing, Theramin. I hope that 2020 treats you well. ↠Pine   ( ✉ )  07:15, 30 December 2019 (UTC)