User talk:I dream of horses/2016/November

New page reviewer granted

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Please comment on Talk:Motion picture rating system

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Edits to page on Graphology

Hi, I would like to thank you very much for helping me contact Wiki editors through their 'talk' pages. This is all new to me but as I had had such a mess on my edit of the Lead on 'Graphology' I was anxious to explain my lack of awareness of my actions. Thankfully I have received positive feedback and can get back to learning how to do it all better. regards, Geeveraune (talk) 10:55, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Johannes Brahms

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Please comment on Talk:Euronews

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Please comment on Talk:Douglas MacArthur

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Please comment on Talk:Michael Portillo

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Spelling "corrections" in quotations

Does WP:WCW really apply to quotations, as this edit of yours would imply? SpinningSpark 11:02, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

@Spinningspark: Nope, and you were right to correct it. My bad; I'm out of practice. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 14:42, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biographies

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The Challenge Series

The Challenge Series is a current drive on English Wikipedia to encourage article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions, countries and topics. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are invited to participate.

• Use {{subst:The Challenge series invitation}} to invite others using this template.
• Sent to users at Northamerica1000/Mailing list using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 19 November 2016 (UTC).

Regarding Content Update of NIT Sikkim Page

Dear Ma'am This is to inform you that I am a student of NIT Sikkim and wish to edit the wikipedia page of NIT SIkkim. I had edited the page with adding details of the Department and Lab facilities present in our college. However the content was removed by you @I dream of horses: stating that the content is inapporpiate for the page. Can you briefly explain the reason behind your actions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avipriyo biswas (talk • contribs) 11:17, November 21, 2016 (UTC)

@Avipriyo biswas: I reverted your edits since it wasn't written in a way that an encyclopedia would be written. It was written more like an ad, or maybe something you would put in a pamphlet.

Our policies require that you go on your userpage, and say that you work for NIT Sikkim. You should also look at our conflict of interest policies. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 20:36, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, I dream of horses. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Asiatic lion

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A message from Jim1138

Self-reflection (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) A new editor, Gusandlucy added about 7k of text with non-inline refs under the section "Self Reflection in Education". 65.51.53.243 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) deleted about 6k leaving the refs. Not sure what to do with this. Would you please take a look at this? Much appreciated. Jim1138 (talk) 00:26, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

@Jim1138: The IP address (65.51.53.243) was probably correct in removing the "Self Reflection in education" section since the tone and word choices weren't ones you would see in an encyclopedia. Perhaps the references are no longer referencing anything, absent that section? I'm not sure, not being an expert in self-reflection. So, with that in mind, instead of removing the now misplaced reference section, I moved and renamed it instead, given that non-inline references sections are sometimes quite useful if you have access to a decent library. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 02:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for looking. I'm not an expert either. The references were added by Gusandlucy (shared account?). So, I think they would be superfluous. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 05:31, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

@Jim1138: No problem.

If you forget to log in, you'll edit under your IP address. At worst, that's probably what happened. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 20:24, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

I didn't edit that article logged out. I removed that notes section. It was added as refs for the Self Reflection in Education section. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 21:14, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

@Jim1138: No, I didn't mean you edited the article logged out. I meant Gusandlucy might've. I probably didn't communicate that well. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 04:22, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

I seem to assume when there is a communication problem, it's my fault... Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 08:09, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

Same. Cheers to you, too.  I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 20:36, 22 November 2016 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer - RfC

Hi I dream of horses/2016. You are invited to comment at a further discussion on the implementation of this user right to patrol and review new pages that is taking place at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/RfC on patrolling without user right. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:45, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Draft: Funniest Person in the World 2016

Thank you so much for helping. By the way, do you mind helping me to add {{AFC submission}} to the top when I finish? Thanks. Jourdan Ann (talk) 08:21, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

@Jourdan Ann: I thought {{subst:submit}} would do the same thing? -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 08:26, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Marriage

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New Page Review - newsletter

Hello I dream of horses/2016,

Breaking the back of the backlog

We now have 811 New Page Reviewers! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog. Now it's time for action.

Mid July to 01 Oct 2016

If each reviewer does only 10 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by each reviewer doing only 2 or 3 reviews a day - that's about 5 minutes work!
Let's get that over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.

Second set of eyes

Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work. Read about it at the new Monitoring the system section in the tutorial.

Getting the tools we need - 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey: Please vote

With some tweaks to their look, and some additional features, Page Curation and New Pages Feed could easily be the best tools for patrollers and reviewers. We've listed most of what what we need at the 2016 WMF Wishlist Survey. Voting starts on 28 November - please turn out to make our bid the Foundation's top priority. Please help also by improving or commenting on our Wishlist entry at the Community Wishlist Survey. Many other important user suggestions are listed at at Page Curation.

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A message from MaxieDog

Hello,

I did read the information below the red print above, and I am sorry to bother you.

I am having difficulty navigating through the Wikipedia sites. I left a draft of a new article recently and asked for help. Today a message appeared addressed to me, which I now am unable to access again. The help-desk person said that I should have started the draft in 'draft page.' Now, I'm unable to get back to the draft in order to transfer it to 'draft page.'

The article begins with the name of my subject "Stefan Bardas...."

Apparently, what I have drafted will be deleted on December 1st if necessary changes are not made.

Most grateful to you, MaxieDog (talk) 21:16, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

@MaxieDog: No worries. It's already at Draft:Stefan Bardas. I'd suggest bookmarking it for now. -- I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 03:29, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Stevo Todorčević

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