User talk:NoonIcarus/Archive 4

Women in Red edit

Thanks for joining WiR. We look forward to more biographies of Latin American women. Let me know if you run into any problems. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 16:58, 4 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Have you heard this? edit

Have you heard this yet? Maybe we can use it?----ZiaLater (talk) 19:26, 18 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

@ZiaLater: I have, but I'm a ittle concerned about the outlet and it is actually a video where Óscar Pérez can be seen clearly. I recall CNN in Spanish included the video while reporting, this is the segment if I'm not mistaken. If the sources are going to be included because of the negotiation, I should also note that Óscar published in several videos, in which the first one was about him explaining that there was a surrender in process.[1] I see the article already include Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch statements regarding a extrajudicial execution.--Jamez42 (talk) 02:16, 19 January 2018 (UTC)Reply

Feburary 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
Welcome to Women in Red's February 2018 worldwide online editathons.
 
 
 

New: "Black women"

New: "Mathematicians and statisticians"

New: "Geofocus: Island women"

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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New Page Reviewer Newsletter edit

Hello NoonIcarus, thank you for your efforts in reviewing new pages!
 
 
The NPP backlog at the end of the drive with the number of unreviewed articles by creation date. Red is older than 90 days, orange is between 90 and 30 days old, and green is younger than 30 days.

Backlog update:

  • The new page backlog is currently at 3819 unreviewed articles, with a further 6660 unreviewed redirects.
  • We are very close to eliminating the backlog completely; please help by reviewing a few extra articles each day!

New Year Backlog Drive results:

  • We made massive progress during the recent four weeks of the NPP Backlog Drive, during which the backlog reduced by nearly six thousand articles and the length of the backlog by almost 3 months!

General project update:

  • ACTRIAL will end it's initial phase on the 14th of March. Our goal is to reduce the backlog significantly below the 90 day index point by the 14th of March. Please consider helping with this goal by reviewing a few additional pages a day.
  • Reviewing redirects is an important and necessary part of New Page Patrol. Please read the guideline on appropriate redirects for advice on reviewing redirects. Inappropriate redirects can be re-targeted or nominated for deletion at RfD.

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Women's History Month 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
Welcome to Women in Red's March 2018 worldwide online editathons.
 
 


Historically, our March event has been one of the biggest offerings of the year. This year, we are collaborating with two other wiki communities. Our article campaign is the official on-line/virtual node for Art+Feminism. Our image campaign supports the Whose Knowledge? initiative. Women's History Month 2018

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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April 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
Welcome to Women in Red's April 2018 worldwide online editathons.


Focus on: April+Further with Art+Feminism Archaeology Military history (contest) Geofocus: Indian subcontinent

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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New Page Review Newsletter No.10 edit

Hello NoonIcarus, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

  • ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.

Paid editing

  • Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled

  • While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.

News

  • The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.

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May 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
Welcome to Women in Red's May 2018 worldwide online editathons.
 
 
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New: "Women of the Sea"

New: "Villains"

New: "Women in Sports"

New: "Central Eastern European women"


Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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AFD edit

Hi, Please don't edit my comments as you did at the AFD, Whilst I agree the wording is perhaps a tad strong the point still stands - I can't stand people who are all "Look at me, Look at me" hence why my wording there is strong, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 02:17, 30 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Davey2010: Hi. While I agree with you that I have zero tolerance for self promotion articles, the wording is still inappropiate under WP:TPG and I worry that it somehow harms the current nomination. Having already tagged the text, I leave it to your consideration. Cheers, --Jamez42 (talk) 02:25, 30 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
Hi, Meh I think the majority of people wont really care but thanks for your help anyway, Happy editing :), –Davey2010Talk 02:47, 30 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Loves Food edit

 
Curd Rice

Hello! After the successful pilot program by Wikimedia India in 2015, Wiki Loves Food (WLF) is happening again in 2018 and this year, it's going International. To make this event a grand success, your direction is key. Please sign up here as a volunteer to bring all the world's food to Wikimedia. Danidamiobi (talk) 08:38, 7 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

ITN recognition for Venezuelan presidential election, 2018 edit

On 21 May 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Venezuelan presidential election, 2018, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. SpencerT•C 23:10, 21 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018 edit

Hello NoonIcarus, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

  • WP:ACREQ has been implemented. The flow at the feed has dropped back to the levels during the trial. However, the backlog is on the rise again so please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day; a backlog approaching 5,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

Deletion tags

  • Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders. They require your further verification.

Backlog drive:

  • A backlog drive will take place from 10 through 20 June. Check out our talk page at WT:NPR for more details. NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.

Editathons

  • There will be a large increase in the number of editathons in June. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

Paid editing - new policy

  • Now that ACTRIAL is ACREQ, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. There is a new global WMF policy that requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

  • The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
  • Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies.

Not English

  • A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, tag as required, then move to draft if they do have potential.

News

  • Development is underway by the WMF on upgrades to the New Pages Feed, in particular ORES features that will help to identify COPYVIOs, and more granular options for selecting articles to review.
  • The next issue of The Signpost has been published. The newspaper is one of the best ways to stay up to date with news and new developments. between our newsletters.

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Invitation to join WikiProject Corruption edit

Hi @Jamez42: I noticed your support for the proposal to start WikiProject Corruption. This is an invitation to join the new project. Best Regards. -Masssly (talk) 21:49, 24 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Masssly:! I'm glad to know that the WikiProject has been given green light, I'll take a look on it in a while, please let me know in what the project needs help. Cheers! --Jamez42 (talk) 21:53, 24 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
The main WikiProject Corruption landing page needs reconstruction to make it attractive. A more pressing issue now I think is coming up with a to-do list. But do take a look and let us know how else you would want to help. Thanks. -Masssly (talk) 22:01, 24 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Re: Spanish politicians edit

Hello, Jamez42.

Thank you very much for your message and your work! The list facilitates the review.

In principle, I'm not interested in editing pages about politics, with certain exceptions. The issue of nationality seems important to me. Apollo is not the only one that is (was...) skewing / distorting information, unfortunately. Look for example [2] and [3].

Best regards. --BallenaBlanca 🐳 ♂ (Talk) 15:03, 25 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

The entire list reviewed! Surely there is more ... If you are so kind and you are interested, we can collaborate to correct the errors.
Best regards. --BallenaBlanca 🐳 ♂ (Talk) 16:05, 25 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
@BallenaBlanca: Thank! Sure thing, I found out the politicians with Apollo's review history. For the time being I added the articles to my watchlist to be wary of another edit war. Let me know if I can help with anything else. Cheers! --Jamez42 (talk) 16:16, 25 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Thoughts? [4] --BallenaBlanca 🐳 ♂ (Talk) 17:48, 25 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
@BallenaBlanca: I'm personally alright with including both nationalities, especially if this is the consensus, some of the articles had them before the deletion of the Spanish nationality. What I don't think it's good it's deleting "Spanish", since as I explained to Apollo, communities in Spain have less autonomy than in other nations such as the United Kingdom. If this becomes bothersome, a dispute resolution could be asked. --Jamez42 (talk) 17:58, 25 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
If the concept is "two nationalities", then it is not correct to put "Basque Spanish" or "Catalan Spanish". In Spain there are no more nationalities, only Spanish, nobody born in Spain has another nationality in their identity document. The jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Spain determines that the concept of nation and nationality are not synonymous, declaring that the Constitution of Spain only admits one nation, which is the Spanish Nation. See for example this explanations and refs Talk:Juan_José_Ibarretxe#Nationality.
Best. --BallenaBlanca 🐳 ♂ (Talk) 21:20, 25 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
@BallenaBlanca: Of course, I know since I'm Spanish, what I mean is that if there's a consensus to include both nationalities and there are arguments to support it as well as to refute the previous version, I think it should be included, but for the time being there isn't such case and there were even allegations of WP:CANVASS. --Jamez42 (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Activity in Jorge Oteiza edit

Hi, you have come to revert my edit, controversially so, since removal of nationality is a matter of contention. Still I do not know what your relation is with that article. It is a topic a I have worked on, but it looks as if you are following my steps, isn´t that right? Regards Iñaki LL (talk) 22:17, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Iñaki LL: Hi. I am not; like you have shown in one of your edits, I currently have in my watchlist around 40 articles of Spanish biographies that were subject to POV pushing by a sockpuppet that also edit warred in the main topic I edit in, Venezuela. Federico Krutwig is among them, but Jorge Oteiza is not. Now, I personally don't disagree with including both terms, the sockpuppet actually deleted or replaced "Spanish" and I was the editor that added both words trying to balance the introduction, but many of the articles said "Spanish" originally and since BallenaBlanca provided arguments to back up the original version I commented about the articles on their talk page. I think your distinction between nationality and citizenship is important and I recently added this field in the infobox hoping that it helps to reach a consensus. In any case, it is a discussion I really would prefer not to get involved into and I only look for keeping a stable version. Cheers. --Jamez42 (talk) 22:33, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Jamez42 for your reply. I will go through the edits. Not about you, but editing on national matters is always sensitive, especially if it is an article another editor has worked on. Someone is altering automatically definitions of articles, without nuance and with a lot of self-entitlement, and frankly it is raising red flags. Iñaki LL (talk) 22:47, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Iñaki LL: No worries, thank you for writing to me directly. I totally understand your concern, I'd only suggest to continue looking for a common ground. If you feel that the issue is going too far, I'd recommend to seek dispute resolution. Let me know if I can help with anything else. --Jamez42 (talk) 22:54, 27 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

Women in Red June Editathons edit

 
Welcome to Women in Red's June 2018 worldwide online editathons.



New: WiR Loves Pride

New: Singers and Songwriters

New: Women in GLAM

New: Geofocus: Russia/USSR


Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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BallenaBlanca edit

  There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Iñaki LL (talk) 22:05, 29 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Iñaki LL: Thank you for leaving the notice. I'll take a look at it. --Jamez42 (talk) 22:23, 29 May 2018 (UTC)Reply

NPP Backlog Elimination Drive edit

Hello NoonIcarus, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.

Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!

  • As a final push, we have decided to run a backlog elimination drive from the 20th to the 30th of June.
  • Reviewers who review at least 50 articles or redirects will receive a Special Edition NPP Barnstar:  . Those who review 100, 250, 500, or 1000 pages will also receive tiered awards:  ,  ,  ,  .
  • Please do not be hasty, take your time and fully review each page. It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing.

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ITN recognition for El Paraíso stampede edit

On 18 June 2018, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article El Paraíso stampede, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 00:07, 18 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

R3 PRODs edit

May I suggest using {{db-redirtypo}} instead of PRODing under the R3 rationale? Speedy deletion templates exist (mistakes happen). 2601:589:8000:2ED0:C475:464:DECC:47EE (talk) 02:27, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

@2601:589:8000:2ED0:C475:464:DECC:47EE: Sure thing! It's just that I'm using the page reviewer toolbar and WP:R3 isn't among the speedy delete options, but I'll use it in the future. Thanks! --Jamez42 (talk) 02:29, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

ANI notice edit

  There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Political advocacy by Jamez42 / Susmuffin. The discussion is about the topic El Paraíso stampede. 2601:644:1:B7CB:D417:AECA:710A:207 (talk) 19:18, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

  • Because of the unusual circumstances here, I'm not taking any action against you for the edit-warring at El Paraíso stampede. However, your reverts are not exempt under WP:3RRNO. The blanking referred to is "page blanking" and is a subset of obvious vandalism. The IP's edits were not vandalism. Take care.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:45, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Bbb23: My apologies in that case, and thank you for the attention to the case! --Jamez42 (talk) 22:46, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
No worries. I don't like to see long-standing users blocked because of frustration. At the article Talk page you referred to personal attacks against administrators. Did I miss that?--Bbb23 (talk) 22:49, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Bbb23:Just referring to the IP's claims, in one of their last comments the IP said "Better get one of your colleagues to close the 3RR discussion I'm about to open.", which seems to suggest they were accusing you of being a paid editor too. --Jamez42 (talk) 22:51, 24 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

July 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
Hello again from Women in Red!


July 2018 worldwide online editathons:
New: Sub-Saharan Africa Film + stage 20th-century Women Rock
Continuing: Notable women, broadly-construed!


Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!):

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Nomination of Josneidy Castillo for deletion edit

 

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Josneidy Castillo is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josneidy Castillo until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Onel5969 TT me 14:31, 29 June 2018 (UTC)Reply

Please read this notification carefully, it contains important information about an administrative situation on Wikipedia. It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date.

A community decision has authorised the use of general sanctions for pages related to the Syrian Civil War and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The details of these sanctions are described here. All pages that are broadly related to these topics are subject to a one revert per twenty-four hours restriction, as described here.

General sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimise disruption in controversial topic areas. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to these topics that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behaviour, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. An editor can only be sanctioned after he or she has been made aware that general sanctions are in effect. This notification is meant to inform you that sanctions are authorised in these topic areas, which you have been editing. It is only effective if it is logged here. Before continuing to edit pages in these topic areas, please familiarise yourself with the general sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

--Bbb23 (talk) 14:21, 2 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

Marianella Salazar edit

Hi, I saw that you requested speedy deletion of this page with the reason "Space to allow a move", but as you had moved this page (and had that move reverted) already, speedy deletion isn't the best way to achieve this, so I declined your deletion request. If you still believe that the move should be made, then follow the instructions at WP:RM#CM and explain why you believe the move should be made. The community can then add their thoughts to the proposed move and a consensus formed on whether the move should be made or not. IffyChat -- 08:26, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Iffy: Excellent, I'm used to the procedure in the Spanish Wikipedia, which is different. Thanks for letting me know! --Jamez42 (talk) 13:18, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Iffy: I'm seeing that the current spelling of the article is correct, I didn't notice when the revert was done, but there's a Venezuelan journalist named "Marianella Salazar", with two ls, that doesn't have an article in English yet, hence my confusion. Given the spelling, I'm not sure if the best course is to delete the redirect. --Jamez42 (talk) 14:01, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
If you want to create a new article at the redirect, then just replace the redirect with the new article (see WP:RTOA). Once you do so, make sure that incoming links to the page point to the correct page. IffyChat -- 14:16, 3 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

The deletion of the my page 18-19 hashtag united season edit

I would just like to say that I do not get why the page was deleted. 1. it is the only way for fans to see scores. (the website is only a team shop) 2. It is a very big team for their league as they are very popular on youtube — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zvikorn (talkcontribs)

@Zvikorn: Wikipedia is not a directory. However, if you still think your article should be undeleted, you can request an undeletion here. Cheers! --Jamez42 (talk) 22:08, 10 July 2018 (UTC)Reply
PD: I strongly recommend merging the content, in any case. --Jamez42 (talk) 22:09, 10 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

August 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
An exciting new month for Women in Red!


August 2018 worldwide online editathons:
New: Indigenous women Women of marginalized populations Women writers Geofocus: Bottom 10
Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
Notable women, broadly-construed!



For the first time, this month we are trying out our Monthly achievement initiative

  • All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards.
  • It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in August.
  • Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.

Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!):

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Invitation to participate in study edit

Hello,

I am E. Whittaker, I am working with Wikimedia’s Scoring Team to create a labeled dataset, and potentially a tool, to help editors deal with incivility when they encounter it on talk pages. A full write-up of the study can be found here: m:Research:Civil_Behavior_Interviews. We are currently recruiting editors to be interviewed about their experiences with incivility on talk pages. Would you be interested in being interviewed? I am contacting you because of your involvement in Wikipedia’s Women in Red project. The interviews should take ~1 hour, and will be conducted over BlueJeans (which does allow interviews to be recorded). If, so, please email me at ewhit@umich.edu in order to schedule an interview.

Thank you Ewitch51 (talk) 20:22, 26 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018 edit

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. (Purge)

Hello NoonIcarus, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

New technology, new rules
  • New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
  • Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
  • Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.
Editathons
  • Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.
The Signpost
  • The next issue of the monthly magazine will be out soon. The newspaper is an excellent way to stay up to date with news and new developments between our newsletters. If you have special messages to be published, or if you would like to submit an article (one about NPR perhaps?), don't hesitate to contact the editorial team here.

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Category:Political prisoners in Venezuela has been nominated for discussion edit

 

Category:Political prisoners in Venezuela, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to see if it abides with the categorization guidelines. 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. GZWDer (talk) 21:56, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar edit

  The Latin American Barnstar
Awarded to User:Jamez42 for contributions to Venezuela-related images, and the lengths gone to in order to get them. Thank you. --Kingsif (talk) 20:56, 25 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

September 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
September is an exciting new month for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons!



New: Women currently in academics Women + Law Geofocus: Hispanic countries

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

Check it out: Monthly achievement initiative

  • All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards.
  • It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in September.
  • Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.

Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!):

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NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018 edit

Hello NoonIcarus, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news
As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.
Other
Moving to Draft and Page Mover
  • Some unsuitable new articles can be best reviewed by moving them to the draft space, but reviewers need to do this carefully and sparingly. It is most useful for topics that look like they might have promise, but where the article as written would be unlikely to survive AfD. If the article can be easily fixed, or if the only issue is a lack of sourcing that is easily accessible, tagging or adding sources yourself is preferable. If sources do not appear to be available and the topic does not appear to be notable, tagging for deletion is preferable (PROD/AfD/CSD as appropriate). See additional guidance at WP:DRAFTIFY.
  • If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
  • Articles that have been created in contravention of our paid-editing-requirements or written from a blatant NPOV perspective, or by authors with a clear COI might also be draftified at discretion.
  • The best tool for draftification is User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js(info). Kindly adapt the text in the dialogue-pop-up as necessary (the default can also be changed like this). Note that if you do not have the Page Mover userright, the redirect from main will be automatically tagged as CSD R2, but in some cases it might be better to make this a redirect to a different page instead.
  • The Page Mover userright can be useful for New Page Reviewers; occasionally page swapping is needed during NPR activities, and it helps avoid excessive R2 nominations which must be processed by admins. Note that the Page Mover userright has higher requirements than the NPR userright, and is generally given to users active at Requested Moves. Only reviewers who are very experienced and are also very active reviewers are likely to be granted it solely for NPP activities.
List of other useful scripts for New Page Reviewing

  • Twinkle provides a lot of the same functionality as the page curation tools, and some reviewers prefer to use the Twinkle tools for some/all tasks. It can be activated simply in the gadgets section of 'preferences'. There are also a lot of options available at the Twinkle preferences panel after you install the gadget.
  • In terms of other gadgets for NPR, HotCat is worth turning on. It allows you to easily add, remove, and change categories on a page, with name suggestions.
  • MoreMenu also adds a bunch of very useful links for diagnosing and fixing page issues.
  • User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js(info): Installing scripts doesn't have to be complicated. Go to your common.js and copy importScript( 'User:Equazcion/ScriptInstaller.js' ); into an empty line, now you can install all other scripts with the click of a button from the script page! (Note you need to be at the ".js" page for the script for the install button to appear, not the information page)
  • User:TheJosh/Scripts/NewPagePatrol.js(info): Creates a scrolling new pages list at the left side of the page. You can change the number of pages shown by adding the following to the next line on your common.js page (immediately after the line importing this script): npp_num_pages=20; (Recommended 20, but you can use any number from 1 to 50).
  • User:Primefac/revdel.js(info): Is requesting revdel complicated and time consuming? This script helps simplify the process. Just have the Copyvio source URL and go to the history page and collect your diff IDs and you can drop them into the script Popups and it will create a revdel request for you.
  • User:Lourdes/PageCuration.js(info): Creates a "Page Curation" link to Special:NewPagesFeed up near your sandbox link.
  • User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/deletionFinder.js: Creates links next to the title of each page which show up if it has been previously deleted or nominated for deletion.
  • User:Evad37/rater.js(info): A fantastic tool for adding WikiProject templates to article talk pages. If you add: rater_autostartNamespaces = 0; to the next line on your common.js, the prompt will pop up automatically if a page has no Wikiproject templates on the talk page (note: this can be a bit annoying if you review redirects or dab pages commonly).

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October 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
Please join us... We have four new topics for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons in October!



New: Clubs Science fiction + fantasy STEM The Mediterranean

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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Get ready for November with Women in Red! edit

 
Three new topics for WiR's online editathons in November, two of them supporting other initiatives



New: Religion Deceased politicians Asia

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DYK for Rafaela Requesens edit

On 15 October 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rafaela Requesens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Venezuelan political activist Rafaela Requesens originally trained to be a flamenco dancer? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rafaela Requesens. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Rafaela Requesens), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018 edit

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello NoonIcarus, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

Backlog

As of 21 October 2018, there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.

Community Wishlist Proposal
Project updates
  • ORES predictions are now built-in to the feed. These automatically predict the class of an article as well as whether it may be spam, vandalism, or an attack page, and can be filtered by these criteria now allowing reviewers to better target articles that they prefer to review.
  • There are now tools being tested to automatically detect copyright violations in the feed. This detector may not be accurate all the time, though, so it shouldn't be relied on 100% and will only start working on new revisions to pages, not older pages in the backlog.
New scripts

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Santa Teresa (rum) moved to draftspace edit

An article you recently created, Santa Teresa (rum), does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Boleyn (talk) 08:05, 3 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018 edit

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

 

Hello NoonIcarus,

Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW
  • Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.
If this proposal does not make it into the top ten, it is likely that the tools will be given no support at all for the foreseeable future. So please put in a vote today.
We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.
With all 650 reviewers voting for these urgently needed improvements, our requests would be unlikely to fail. See also The Signpost Special report: 'NPP: This could be heaven or this could be hell for new users – and for the reviewers', and if you are not sure what the wish list is all about, take a sneak peek at an article in this month's upcoming issue of The Signpost which unfortunately due to staff holidays and an impending US holiday will probably not be published until after voting has closed.

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December 2018 at Women in Red edit

 
The WiR December editathons provide something for everyone.



New: Photography Laureates Countries beginning with 'I'

Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative

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December 2018 edit

RE: Your recent edit at Foreign interventions by China - Expanding Korean and Vietnam War - seen here - scroll to the bottom and look at the references section. You need to fix all those cite errors you created with your expansion. Thanks. Isaidnoway (talk) 06:46, 3 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Venezuelan Film task force edit

Hi, I've started up a task force under WP:Venezuela and WP:Film that you might be interested in: Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/Venezuelan cinema task force Kingsif (talk) 14:34, 14 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

@Kingsif: This is wonderful. I've been wanting to translate and create articles about movies for quite some time now. Is it possible to create a template in order to invite other editors? Many thanks in advance! --Jamez42 (talk) 15:33, 14 December 2018 (UTC)Reply
I'm in the process of making templates, hopefully I can do that. Kingsif (talk) 15:41, 14 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Venezuelan cinema task force edit

 
Hello, Jamez42.

I've noticed you're an experienced editor who may be interested in joining the WikiProject Venezuelan cinema task force. Please visit the project page to contribute, and become a participant! Kingsif (talk) 17:02, 14 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018 edit

Hello NoonIcarus,

Reviewer of the Year
 

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.

Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top 100 reviewers.

Less good news, and an appeal for some help

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.


Really good news - NPR wins the Community Wishlist Survey 2019

At #1 position, the Community Wishlist poll closed on 3 December with a resounding success for NPP, reminding the WMF and the volunteer communities just how critical NPP is to maintaining a clean encyclopedia and the need for improved tools to do it. A big 'thank you' to everyone who supported the NPP proposals. See the results.


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DYK for Fernando Albán Salazar edit

On 15 December 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Fernando Albán Salazar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the death of Venezuelan politician Fernando Albán Salazar led to protests in Caracas, and calls for investigations by the European Union and the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Fernando Albán Salazar. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Fernando Albán Salazar), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Copyright problem on Carmen, la que contaba 16 años edit

 

Plot descriptions cannot be copied from other sources, including official sources and IMDb, unless these can be verified to be public domain or licensed compatibly with Wikipedia. They must be written in original language to comply with Wikipedia's copyright policy. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:07, 20 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Ways to improve Cuchillos de fuego edit

Hello, Jamez42,

Welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for creating Cuchillos de fuego! I edit here too, under the username Meatsgains and it's nice to meet you:-)

I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-

Consider providing reliable sources to strengthen the page's verifiability.

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Meatsgains}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ . For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.

Delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

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January 2019 at Women in Red edit

 
January 2019, Volume 5, Issue 1, Numbers 104-108


Happy New Year from Women in Red! Please join us for these virtual editathons.

 

January events: Women of War and Peace Play!

January geofocus: Caucasus

New, year-long initiative: Suffrage

Continuing global initiative: #1day1woman2019

Help us plan our future events: Ideas Cafe

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Holidays! edit

  Hellow again my friend. May a serene Christmas and New Years' await you. –♠Vami_IV†♠ 13:14, 23 December 2018 (UTC)Reply
@Vami IV: Thank you so much :) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! --Jamez42 (talk) 13:16, 23 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Copying within Wikipedia requires attribution edit

Hi . It looks like you copied some content from Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to United States of America v. Joaquín Guzmán Loera. When you copy from one Wikipedia article to another, you need to provide attribution. This is done by saying in your edit summary that the material was copied, and where you got it. Please have a look at this edit summary for an example of how it is done. Please let me know if you have any questions, or have a look at WP:Copying within Wikipedia for more information. Thanks, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:52, 25 December 2018 (UTC)Reply

Venezuelan cinema task force update edit

 
Hello, Jamez42.

Feliz Navidad! We have an update on the Venezuelan cinema task force, which started this month. Already we have achieved a lot:

  • Creating and translating pages for more than 20 films
  • Expanding important articles related to film history
  • DYK and GA nominations for multiple Venezuelan cinema-related pages

Keep up the good work! Kingsif (talk) 03:26, 27 December 2018 (UTC)Reply