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I've noticed that while we have descent (but still pretty low) turnout for the drives, the participation on the talk pages, particularly for Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikify is pretty low. I am considering going through the participants list and setting editors who aren't active on Wikipedia at all to inactive. I was also thinking of creating a message to be AWB'd out to the participants who are actively editing Wikipedia, but that may have been done in with the drive notice. Who all got that, do you know? I didn't. Finally, I plan on creating an appeal similar to the AFC one and think I'll send it to the members of the guild of copyeditors. RyanVeseyReview me! 06:35, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Wait, do you mean that the June invite didn't go out to everyone? Ben submitted the request, I believe, so you can ask him where he generated his list from (I always just copied our participants list into a word document and deleted/replaced everything with "User talk:ABC"). Honestly, I don't know that sending it out to all GOCE'ers is a good idea. For one thing, the core copyeditors are well aware of WWF, and so they wouldn't be getting anything new. You might try new/recent members, but I'm not sure how to find that out. Re:Participants list: Yeah, that probably needs to be done soon. I removed a few editors a while back who had, say, one edit just adding them to the list. Maybe anyone over 3-6 months? NoleloverTalk·Contribs 13:02, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago.
Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg
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Thanks
Hi thanks for your comment here, hope you will be active very soon at Muhammad Iqbal. :) Regards --Omer123hussain (talk) 09:11, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
I hope to be too...thanks for the note :) NoleloverTalk·Contribs 12:04, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Could you Not redirect/delete an rolandhelper's ARTICLE?!
SHUT UP! I,FERRY ROLAND CAN'T LET YOU TO DELETE/REDIRECT MY DESKTOP ACCOUNT ROLANDHELPER JUST YOU SHUT UP YOUR MOUTH FOR NOW!!! I NOT LETTING YOU TO DELETE/REDIRECT MY ARTICLES! --182.8.251.232 (talk) 13:54, 6 June 2012 (UTC) Roland
Sigh...I'll nominate it for deletion then... NoleloverTalk·Contribs 15:36, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
LMAO! Hey Nolelover - I just stochastically happened onto your Talk Page while following miscellaneous drama threads from everywhere and saw the above post ("SHUT UP"). Now my computer screen and keyboard is covered with a highly toxic mix of coffee and snot. Freaking HILARIOUS!!! (WHY NOLELOVER - WHY???).
Thanks for the morning laugh - I will be sending the IP poster a bill for my ruined laptop!
Heh heh...glad I could be of service, although I really can't take credit for anything; Mr. Roland's actions and words really stand alone. :) NoleloverTalk·Contribs 22:43, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
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Why must be deleted? I also copy the infobox too for acrobat.com,yes what so, it needed to redirect my first article? Why Nolelover! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.15.244.128 (talk) 04:23, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
As I have said in a couple different places, that section does not have enough reliable sources to be split from the main Acrobat website article. If you can add some sources and so forth, the article would be much better off. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 12:08, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Nolelover, I just went and added the {{Reflist}} on your userpage because it was missing. Hope that is fine with you. Lotje ツ (talk) 05:21, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Well, it took me a couple minutes to figure out why there were ref tags on my user page--turns out they came from the Requests for Permissions page transcluded in my admin dashboard--but even though its a temporary ref I'm sure this will happen again so this'll be good to have. Thanks! NoleloverTalk·Contribs 15:58, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you!
Teahouse Barnstar
I, Sarah, hereby award you, Nole, the Teahouse Barnstar for your valued participation in the Teahouse pilot. Even when real life is busy, your participation has not gone unnoticed! Enjoy your summer and I look forward to your continued participation at the Teahouse! Thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia the invaluable resource it is! Sarah (talk) 00:34, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
And thank you for being the driving force behind this great project. I appreciate the star, but let's not forget where the credit really lies. ;) You and J-mo did an incredible job of getting this off the ground. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 03:10, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
The Tea Leaf - Issue Four
Hi! Welcome to the fourth issue of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter for the Teahouse!
Teahouse pilot wraps up after 13 weeks After being piloted on English Wikipedia starting in February, the Teahouse wrapped up its pilot period on May 27, 2012. We expect this is just the beginning for the Teahouse and hope the project will continue to grow in the months to come!
Thank you and congratulations to all of the community members who participated - and continue to participate!
What you've all been waiting for: Teahouse Pilot Report is released! We look forward to your feedback on the methodology and outcomes of this pilot project.
....and if a pilot report wasn't enough, the Teahouse Pilot Metrics Report is out too! Dive into the numbers and survey results to learn about the impact the Teahouse has made on English Wikipedia.
Teahouse shows positive impact on new editor retention and engagement
409 new editors participated during the entire pilot period, with about 40 new editors participating in the Teahouse per week.
Two weeks after participating, 33% of Teahouse guests are still active on Wikipedia, as opposed to 11% of a similar control group.
New editors who participated in the Teahouse edit 10x the number of articles, make 7x more global edits, and 2x as much of their content survives on Wikipedia compared to the control group.
Women participate in the Teahouse 28% of Teahouse participants were women, up from 9% of editors on Wikipedia in general, good news for this project which aimed to have impact on the gender gap too - but still lots to be done here!
New opportunities await for the Teahouse in phase two as the Teahouse team and Wikipedia community examine ways to improve, scale, and sustain the project. Opportunities for future work include:
Automating or semi-automating systems such as invites, metrics and archiving
Experimenting with more ways for new editors to discover the Teahouse
Building out the social and peer-to-peer aspects further, including exploring ways to make answering questions easier, creating more ways for new editors to help each other and for all participants to acknowledge each other's efforts
Growing volunteer capacity, continuing to transfer Teahouse administration tasks to volunteers whenever possible, and looking for new ways to make maintenance and participation easier for everyone.
Want to know how you can lend a hand at the Teahouse? Become a host! Learn more about what makes the Teahouse different than other help spaces on Wikipedia and see how you can help new editors by visiting here.
Say hello to the new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, as being welcomed by experienced editors is really encouraging to new Wikipedians.
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I understand that you're tagging the article based on WP:BLPPROD, but shouldn't it be speedy deleted per CSD A7 anyway? I mean, it has no sources, but I don't see any evidence of notability in the first place. ♠ 16:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
No, you entirely right. :) I had tagged it with BLPPROD, then left it open while I searched to see if A7 would apply too...and just got sidetracked elsewhere (someone had created somenumberarticles and I was searching their notability, heheh). Thanks for reminding me; I've A7'd it. FWIW, I'm pretty sure it's completely fine to tag with CSD after someone's tagged with PROD, so there wouldn't have been any harm done if you did it yourself. Cheers, NoleloverTalk·Contribs 16:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg.
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Hello
Hello, I have modified the references as you requested.
Unfortunately, I have had to decline the submission again. :( The references were better, but here's the thing: very few of them were actually about Meer! Please make sure that your prose is actually backed up by the source. Saying that Meer composed the music for such-and-such is fine but if the source makes no mention of Meer, than what is gained? Thanks for your work, and please let me know if there's anything else I can do to help you. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 02:59, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear Sir,
You have decline my article twice already.
I have made the improvement you requested.
References, 1.2.3.4.6.7.8.9.10.12.13.15.16.17 now link to STEPHANE MEER in some way.
The new references are a little better, so I've accepted. Thank you for your work :) NoleloverTalk·Contribs 14:51, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Florida State Seminoles article
Hey, Nolelover. Hope life is treating you well. Could you take a look at the recent edits to the Florida State Seminoles article? I've got a problem with a newbie (and an apparent FSU fan) who won't let me edit the page. Take a look and let me know what you think. I also left a friendly explanatory comment on his talk page, and all I got in return was a "go edit your own page, you mean old dictator!" comment. I could use some help here. Thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:06, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
It seems that the dispute has died down, although I've added the page to my watchlist (this one and the Seminoles football article need to be seriously trimmed/organized) and will follow it from now on. I left a brief comment on his talk page as well, but I'm not sure that I can do anything else at the moment. Best wishes to you too :) NoleloverTalk·Contribs 12:15, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Nolelover, how are you? I was wondering if you could take a look at the Auslogics BoostSpeed article and see if the newly added advert and notability tags could be removed? I don't know if you remember (or could look it up in the article history), there has been a discussion about these issues before. You actually helped clean up the article then, which I really appreciate. I've looked through the article history and couldn't see anything that's been added or removed to make it get these tags again. I'll appreciate it if you could take a look at this page. Thank you! TaraSwimms (talk) 07:05, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm doing fine, thanks. :) I'd be happy to look it over...
(15 minutes later)
Well, I trimmed a couple sentences, and I see what the other user was worried about, but I don't think it warrants the {{notability}} tag. I removed that, and added some {{citation needed}} templates on a few unsourced statements. If you can add some sources to those areas, that would be great. Otherwise I'll come back in a bit and trim again. If you do fix those sentences, feel free to remove the advertisement template at the very top of the article. If there's any other way I can help, just let me know :) NoleloverTalk·Contribs 03:11, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello and thank you very much once again! I added references where you had the citation needed tags, removed these tags and removed the advert template at the top. Hope the article is okay now. :) TaraSwimms (talk) 04:34, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Much, much better. Obviously if you ever find more (or better) sources you should just add them when you see them, but the article looks fine for now. Great work! NoleloverTalk·Contribs 14:04, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
July Wikifier
Hi again Nole, just wanted to know if you have anything specific you want in the upcoming issue (example). benzband (talk) 13:18, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
I really can't think of anything....if I can do anything as far as editorials of the cover, do let me know though. I'll be gone for another week starting this coming Sunday, so I'd have to do it before then. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 14:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Do you search in personal pages?
Hey, May you stay away from my personal page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PCMorphy72 (talk • contribs) 17:29, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Could you please clarify? I have no idea what you are talking about. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 17:34, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Ahh, I see. Well, please see Wikipedia:NONFREE#Policy 2, number 9, which says that non-free content is only allowed in the article namespace. Not only are your images copyright violations, which would merit their removal on that alone, but the spirit of the law is that only completely free images can be used in userspace. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 13:03, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
So to clarify: if you do not re-add those images, I see no reason why I would edit your "personal" pages. If you do, I will either remove them or bring up your conduct elsewhere -- and please don't make me do that :) NoleloverTalk·Contribs 13:06, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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To say thanks for your participation in the June 2012 wikification drive, Nolelover. Your efforts are always appreciated! Cheers! :) Like my singing? Ha-la-la-la-la-la-LA-LAAA!!! (talk) 03:50, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles.
Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
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Hi, is there a drive planned for August? <answer> Great, i suspected as much! :) i can help/start setting up the pages and invite if you like. benzband (talk) 19:39, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, as you can see from Special:Contributions/Nolelover I've been quite busy on that lately. :( Wikifier looks good, although you know that I'm not a coord anymore, right? I resigned that a while back. Just can't guarantee the time anymore, as you can see from the nonexistent August drive pages. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 19:45, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
I understand...those were my reasons as well. WWF will sure as hell miss you though. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 17:52, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
I won't disappear, in fact, my activity level will remain roughly the same. I just didn't feel like I was putting in as much as I should. RyanVesey 19:58, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Yes, that was my thought process as well. I should clarify then: WWF will miss your excellent work as a face for the project. Whether you realize or no, you were certainly one of the most public members here. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 22:02, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
WikiProject Wikify: July Newsletter and August Drive
Hi there! I thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify's August Wikification Backlog Elimination Drive. We'll be trying to reduce the backlog and we need your help! Hard-working participants in the drive will receive awards for their contributions. If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. Thanks!
Note: The drive starts August 1, and you can sign up anytime!
Kudos to you Ryan: Excellent op-ed. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 22:46, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Regarding the FSU Football Page
The FSU football page has become increasingly cluttered and micro-managed to the point where it's been unreadable. Last year, the page was pretty bare and I spruced it up a bit but now people have been taking it to a whole different level adding every minute detail, usually of a trivial nature. I've been editing to remove completely unnecessary and/or sections (mostly stuff that's been recently added) and it's undone by (8.26.252.23), i don't if that's some person or a bot, or whatever. I would like your help on this matter.
Apologies in the long response time. I generally agree with you, and will keep an eye on the page in the future. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 22:50, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here.
Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress).
Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
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Stop by for a tasty glass of wiki-iced tea at the Teahouse, today!
Hi! Welcome to the fifth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
Guest activity increased in July. Questions are up from an average of 36 per week in June to 43 per week in July, and guest profile creation has also increased. This is likely a result of the automatic invite experiments we started near the end of month, which seeks to lessen the burden on hosts and other volunteers who manually invite editors. During the last week of July, questions doubled in the Teahouse! (But don't let that deter you from inviting editors to the Teahouse, please, there are still lots of new editors who haven't found Teahouse yet.)
More Teahouse hosts than ever. We had 12 new hosts sign up to participate at the Teahouse! We now have 35 hosts volunteering at the Teahouse. Feel free to stop by and see them all here.
Phase two update: Host sprint. In August, the Teahouse team plans to improve the host experience by developing a simpler new-host creation process, a better way of surfacing active hosts, and a host lounge renovation. Take a look at the plan and weigh in here.
New Teahouse guest barnstar is awarded to first recipient: Charlie Inks. Using the Teahouse barnstar designed by Heatherawalls, hosts hajatvrc and Ryan Vesey created the new Teahouse Guest Barnstar. The first recipient is Charlie Inks, for her boldness in asking questions at the Teahouse. Check out the award in action here.
Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania! The Teahouse was a hot topic at Wikimania this past month, where editor retention and interface design was heavily discussed. Sarah and Jonathan presented the Teahouse during the Wikimedia Fellowships panel. Slides can be viewed here. A lunch was also held at Wikimania for Teahouse hosts.
As always, thanks for supporting the Teahouse project! Stop by and visit us today!
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As you were involved in a previous discussion regarding this issue, I am informing you of a new discussion proposing that the Teahouse be linked from the Welcome template(s). The discussion can be found here. KillerChihuahua?!? 23:58, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for the notification KC. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 23:01, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 2446submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk.
Can you review submissions based on their individual merits?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions.
We would greatly appreciate your help. Currently, only a small handful of users are reviewing articles. Any help, even if it's just 2 or 3 reviews, it would be extremely beneficial.
On behalf of the Articles for Creation project, TheSpecialUserTSU
Youngest sibling
Very belated congrats on your youngest sibling. It's always great when you have a baby in your family. RyanVesey 02:00, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
And I'm the oldest of seven, so I joke that it takes a bit for me to even notice another one now. This one, however, was...well...fun to watch grow.
On a completely unrelated note: Is there anything I've missed? I'm trying to get back into the swing of things, but I feel so behind. Please point out any discussions, etc, that I should be aware of. I'm following the TfD/WT:WWF, although the latter seems quiet now. NoleloverTalk·Contribs 02:06, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
I'd love for you to actually comment on the latter. There isn't explicit consensus yet, so I'd like to see as many comments as possible. Other than that, I don't know of any. I'm the oldest of 4, I love 'em to death, but I couldn't take any more. RyanVesey 02:19, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
Ha, there's already a section for this: me too! Belated congratulations, that is. Babies are fun. Drmies (talk) 14:28, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
Hi Nole! Thanks for being a host at the Teahouse! We're working on the Host lounge renovations and we've created a new way for hosts to become hosts. Please take a few minutes and test it out here, by creating your new host profile. It's also a good excuse to update your image, quote, and information about yourself :) You can join in on the host discussion about the new feature here. See you at the Teahouse! SarahStierch (talk) 19:53, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
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The Tea Leaf - Issue Six
Hi! Welcome to the sixth edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!
Teahouse serves over 700 new editors in six months on Wikipedia! Since February 27, 741 new editors have participated at the Teahouse. The Q&A board and the guest intro pages are more active than ever.
Automatic invites are doing the trick: 50% more new editors visiting each week. Ever since HostBot's automated invite trial phase began we've seen a boost in new editor participation. Automating a baseline set of invitations also allows Teahouse hosts to focus on serving hot cups of help to guests, instead of spending countless hours inviting.
Guests to the Teahouse continue to edit more & interact more with other community members than non-Teahouse guests according to six month metrics. Teahouse guests make more than twice the article edits and edit more talk pages than other new editors.
New host process implemented which encourages anyone to get started as a Teahouse host in a few easy steps. Stop by the hosts page and become a Teahouse host today!
Host lounge renovations nearing completion. Working closely with Teahouse hosts, we've made some major renovations to the Teahouse Host Lounge - the main hangout and resource space for hosts. Learn more about the improvements here.
As always, thanks for supporting the Teahouse project! Stop by and visit us today!
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Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable.
Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote!
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Hi Nolelover. I'm leaving you this message because you have previously been involved as an adopter with Wikipedia's Adopt-a-user program. A clean-up of this program is currently underway, and as part of the process I am trying to find out who is and isn't still interested in remaining an adopter.
If you would prefer not to be part of the adoption program anymore, you need do nothing; when the overhaul of the project is completed your name will be removed from the list of active adopters. However, if you have current adoptees, an active adoption school or an interest in adopting in the near future, then please let us know by signing here.
If you want to remain in the project and can currently take on more adoptees, there is a serious backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user; it would be enormously helpful if you could take on one or two of the users there. Please do keep an eye on the project for upcoming changes, we could use your opinions and your help! Yunshui雲水 09:12, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
I am essentially inactive on WP right now. Although this is reflected in my profile there, I agree that if the project is being overhauled that my name does not need to stay up there. I wish you all the best. WP:ADOPT is one of the most important parts of WP for new users, and if it can be revived that would be fantastic. Cheers, NoleloverTalk·Contribs 14:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Articles for Creation is desperately short of reviewers! We are looking for urgent help, from experienced editors, in reviewing submissions in the pending submissions queue. Currently there are 2446 submissions waiting to be reviewed and many help requests at our Help Desk.
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If the answer to these questions is yes, then please read the reviewing instructions and donate a little of your time to helping tackle the backlog. You might wish to add {{AFC status}} or {{AfC Defcon}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions.
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Page Curation newsletter
Hey Alyo. I'm dropping you a note because you used to (or still do!) patrol new pages. This is just to let you know that we've deployed and developed Page Curation, which augments and supersedes Special:NewPages - there are a lot of interesting new features :). There's some help documentation here if you want to familiarise yourself with the system and start using it. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:47, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
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WP:WWF/D/2012/AUG + Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikify/Drives/Invite + i've updated the newsletter. benzband (talk) 20:22, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
