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I think you mixed up AndewNguyen and Dbachmann. ■ ∃ Madeline ⇔ ∃ Part of me ; 11:41, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

@Maddy from Celeste: Definitely did. ANI title threw me off and I'm not really familar with either editor so I guess I got confused. I'll fix that and a few other things. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:44, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Thanks very much for initiating the process. --JBL (talk) 23:57, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
@JayBeeEll: Well there's a first time for everything, I guess. I've been super stressed lately and my mood's been more like "I'm going to speak my mind" instead of being indecisive and insecure. Something I've definitely regretted in the past is not actually standing up for other people even if I wanted to. I like the new confidence I have (and hope it lasts) but I don't want to lose other aspects I value in exchange. I'm not really the sort of person that likes to add heat instead of light... seeing that as one of the first statements was somewhat disappointing. As I said, what exactly am I expected to calmly discuss? I definitely agree with Wikipedia:Hate is disruptive. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:06, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

I'd like to hopefully clarify some things, and ...to continue a theme... reduce heat. I did see your comments directed at me on the RFAR. I don't want to get into the conduct of Dbachmann. Rather, I'd like to focus on how the community has generally been working for the last while in regards to admin conduct. Over time, any community evolves. The community has been trying to come up with a way to de-admin people since April, 2004. Lately, there's been a fair bit of discussion around the idea that the only way to resolve this is with ArbCom. This has been informed by a number of disputes that have arisen. That's become the community's way of handling admin misconduct of late. The trend now is that as soon as admin conduct of someone becomes an issue, it rapidly escalates, and frequently lands at ArbCom. For this particular case (and I'm using it only as an example, not to call out you in particular):

  1. 12:13, 27 March 2023: Moneytrees posts to Dbachmann's talk page questioning the unblock. [1]
  2. 12:57, 27 March 2023: Most recent edit by Dbachmann on this project. [2]
  3. 14:20, 27 March 2023: Two hours later, Ritchie333 starts the WP:AN/I thread. [3]
  4. 11:01, 28 March 2023: Most recent edit by Dbachmann on any Wikipedia project. [4]
  5. 11:39, 28 March 2023: You begin the RFAR. [5]

Given that Dbachmann is barely editing, this seemed like a horrendously fast escalation of the incident. This isn't on you; it's how the community responds to these things now. There's steps in this from WP:ADMINACCT and WP:DR that the community has blasted past as if they didn't exist. Yet, those are policy. ArbCom is every bit as guilty of this, as they are once again (for the umpteenth time) ignoring policy.

As of now, the WP:AN/I thread, before the indef ban proposal, has 48 participants (including 3 IPs) generating over 8,000 words and 16 printed pages of material. 48 people going after him. At the RFAR, there's another 6,000 words and 12 printed pages of material waiting for Dbachmann when they return. In total, 28 pages of material to read through before they can even begin to respond. I'm not defending Dbachmann, but how does one effectively respond to that? How does one effectively do something to slow that down to something a single person can handle? You don't. Dbachmann is done. It doesn't matter what their defense is. It's already over. If I were Dbachmann I wouldn't respond to this. The community has already made up their mind, as has ArbCom. There's no pathway forward. That's the problem I see, and that's the problem I have with such rapid escalation. There's a reason ~50% of admins don't respond to RFARs involving them, and it's not because they're all bad actors. There simply is no fairness in the system, and no way for someone to effectively defend themselves. There are solutions to this, but in my experience ArbCom as a body is unwilling to listen.

I didn't want to call out you as the problem. What you did is common now. It's what the community does. I'm not judging you for it, just using this case as an example of the problem. To my recollection, we've never interacted before. I don't have any positive or negative thoughts about your editing here. So, please don't take my comments on the RFAR as any condemnation of your actions. I have every reason to believe you are acting in good faith, in concert with the now present community norms.

I have in the past made an absolute mess of trying to carefully craft my comments to be very clear that I'm not calling out a particular person, but rather actions or processes. There's a fair chance I'm making a mess of it now. I just want to be clear; I hold no fault with you. If anything I have said has given you the impression that I'm holding you at fault, please accept my apology.

Sorry for the wall of text. I considered writing nothing at all, but your comments in your 01:06, 29 March 2023 post above convinced me I needed to clarify things as best I could. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 19:37, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

@Hammersoft: I have interacted with you before and I will say that the first time didn't leave the best impression either. I admit that I'm still somewhat disappointed although your more recent response seemed more reasonable. I appreciate your explanation even if I don't find it particularly convincing. I really don't think there's anything they could realistically say at this point to defend themselves either, but that's because their conduct actually is egregiously bad. I don't think stuff escalates at ANI/ArbCom unless the complaint is actually valid. I'm willing to be convinced that the way ArbCom and the community currently operates is somehow in the wrong, but I'd need more than vague hypotheticals. Try to convince me why this doesn't work and what the valid alternatives are. Right now it just seems like people are eager for adminstrators to be held accountable for their actions the same way any other editor would. Most adminstrators I've known are very self-reflective and willing to learn from mistakes. They desire the community's trust to serve in that capacity and do their best to respond to any concerns about their conduct. I don't see that here with Dbachmann. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:22, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
@Hammersoft: I think something that might interest you given the older evidence is why I was even watching what was going on at ANI in the first place (I've commented more there in the past week than any other time in the four and a half years I've been editing here). I had started a thread there about a different admin (see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Davidcannon's BLPs). My responses to both of these situations were very different because the underlying context is very different. In one case, there's a pattern on ongoing disruption. In the other, standards regarding biographies of living people have changed (with no blatant problems since 2015) and all I really care about is making Wikipedia better and not blaming the person in question. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:06, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Forgive me as I don't remember our prior interactions. Further, if you remain unconvinced about the sincerity of my apologies and the explanation of my actions, then there's realistically nothing I can do at this point to explain it further. That's not to be antagonistic, but rather that going down the rabbit hole of back and forth about WP:AGF serves nothing at this point.
To the issue; let's do a thought experiment. Set aside Dbachmann. I have not and will not defend their actions. That isn't the point of this. For the experiment; imagine you are an administrator. You're probably not far off of that possibility right now. You've been here close to five years, consistently active for a year, good record at AfD, etc. etc. etc. On the quick measurables, if a nominator was looking around for someone to nominate, you might pop up on their radar. I'm not asking you to respond to this experiment by way of writing something here, but consider this, and perhaps consider it in the context of a question you might get at your RfA (and to be clear; I would NOT ask this question...this is an altruistic attempt to give a different perspective, not to set a trap of some strange kind).
You make an admin action (doesn't matter what) that you believe complies with policy and is in the best interests of the project. Work well done, so you feel. A day or so later, you come back to Wikipedia and find your action turned out to be highly controversial. There's a lengthy WP:AN/I thread comprising 16 pages of commentary, and an RFAR with another 12 pages. You're expected to be accountable, so you feel you have to do something to respond. On a quick read, you find people are proposing you be de-sysopped, indef banned, and/or topic banned. The RFAR has a motion going on it that will suspend your adminship if you don't respond, and based on community feedback of ~50 people, will remove your adminship if you do respond. Please try to insert yourself into this scenario. Please don't dismiss it by saying this wouldn't happen to you. Everyone of us is human and makes mistakes.
So; what do you do? This is the situation that community creates under the umbrella of the community requiring compliance with WP:ADMINCOND and WP:ADMINACCT. Whether you act or do not act, you are responding. So how do you respond?
From my chair, I see these possible responses:
(A) Spend a considerable amount of time going through that almost 30 pages of commentary, and attempt to craft a response that addresses the issues raised.
(B) Not spend the time, and go on as if the event didn't happen, continuing to edit as before.
(C) Resign adminship with or without doing (A), and continue as before.
(D) Quit the community.
The problem with all of these responses is that in every case, the outcome is already decided vis-a-vis your adminship. While you were away, without any input from you, the community has decided you will no longer be an administrator. With (A), a case is going to be accepted by ArbCom about you. That case will conclude with your adminship being removed (I have plenty of evidence in this regard about user named cases). With (B), your adminship will be suspended and then removed. With (C), your adminship is obviously removed. With (D), your adminship will be suspended and then removed.
What possible incentive does a person have in this scenario to respond? Personally, I would resign as admin, respond as best as I felt I could to the community and consider quitting the project. Responding to ArbCom would serve no purpose as their role in this would be removed on my resignation.
To me, it is unquestionable and fundamental that an admin must be accountable to the community. But, as is, an administrator has no realistic opportunity of explanation of their actions in the face of pages and pages of commentary and literally dozens of people. In my opinion, that's the problem that needs to be solved.
I've thought of a couple of things that could help. Paradoxically to the statements I've made at the RFAR, one is that ArbCom becomes involved the moment at least two people become concerned about a specific action of an administrator. A case is started, and the AN/I thread is shut down noting it has been shifted to RFAR. With the inception of the case, the admin is required not to take any further action as an administrator anywhere on the project. With this model, there at least is the opportunity for some limits (evidence word count limitations) on how much a respondent to a case needs to sift through to mount a response. My other idea is less about solving this problem directly, but rather developing a means of the community to affect administrator actions. Right now, the community presumes they don't have the power to do anything about administrators. This is false. The community has blocked administrators before, and many administrators are quite willing to do so now (including me). If an administrator were to take actions allowed to them outside of the block because they are administrators, this would (and has in the past) been viewed as an abuse of power. Further, the community has the power to ban people from the project. Simply because someone is an administrator does not make them immune to that standard. If an administrator were to violate that community ban, that again would be abuse of power.
To bring this full circle, we are 100% in agreement with your last comment above; all I really care about is making Wikipedia better and not blaming the person in question. I feel the same. --Hammersoft (talk) 22:43, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
@Hammersoft I'm not unconvinced of your apology. I accept it and your intention behind it. I meant the rationale behind the original statement at ARC. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:11, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
@Hammersoft: As for the rest, sympathy is something I care a lot about. I just wanted to make that first thing really clear first, it didn't even occur to me that you might take it that way but I understand upon a second reread. The whole RfA nominator thing isn't a hypothetical. I've had people reach out to me before and I've said I'm not interested at this time. One of the biggest factors is that I don't think I'd take the social rejection well. I've had really bad experiences IRL with that and Wikipedia has been really important to me because it's given me a sense of community when people I've known my entire life have avoided me since I was a young teenager. I started editing here when I had just turned sixteen, about three years after losing my faith and facing the aftermath. I saw an RfA going two ways – it'd suceed or it wouldn't. I didn't think there was any massive reason people would oppose me en masse but everyone has made mistakes and sometimes things turn out to be quite a big deal at RfA that you wouldn't even expect. I decided that the chance of something going wrong was not worth the stress. If I found out that the community at large didn't trust me, that'd suck and it'd be hard not to take it a least a little personally, y'know? WT:RFA is actually where I remember my first interaction with you from, see here. I was open to discussing your opinion on the matter then and was disappointed when you decided to ignore a comment that at least to me, seemed to refute your central argument. Standing up for the candidate was a big deal for me because I considered how I would feel in their place.
As for the rest of the hypothetical, if I was actually an admin, I'd think I'd try to read everything and reply to it. I probably wouldn't do it immediately because that'd be stressful. I'd do something I enjoy like knitting or playing Stardew Valley or running. The typical healthy coping mechanisms I've been using for years now. I'd try to refute anything that seemed wrong, let some of the discussion take its course, and if it was clear I lost the community's trust, I'd likely resign. That said, hypotheticals are always easy to suggest when your ideal course of action doesn't always line up with reality. To some extent, I'll never know unless I'm there.
As for ANI and ARC, when I filed the case request, the ANI thread was less of a read. Honestly, the concept of going to ArbCom when two people express concern (indicating it's a valid complaint) is an interesting idea and exactly part of the reason I don't think the ARC request was premature (people in general seem to be conflicted about whether or not that's the case). I've seen ANI threads and RfCs become massive walls of texts before even I don't participate in either exceedingly often. I typically prefer lurking over participating because sometimes I don't feel comfortable enough to express my opinion. But sometimes something pushes me other the edge and I do because it's important to me. It sounds like that's you and your thoughts about this particular situation at ARC. I actually tend to admire people who stand up for what they believe in and try to calmly discuss others why this is case if we disagree (barring obvious exceptions like blatant racism, of course). So my overall opinion of you isn't that bad is what I'm trying to say. It can be hard to share your intentions across a screen and I get that. I often feel the same way. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:49, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Precisely. This medium we use to communicate is horrendously limited. Imagine trying to talk while being required to say everything in a monotone voice; no inflection, no changes in volume, no changes in pronunciation. Add on that what words in a given language mean in one place can be something quite different in another. For example, 'pants' in the UK generally means underwear, whereas in the US it refers to trousers. Sometimes I think it's a miracle we can communicate at all. And that's just the beginning! I remember reading a book a long time ago where the author described the same everyday scene over and over again, chapter by chapter. Each chapter described the same scene. What made it really interesting was that in each chapter the scene was described from the perspective of a different person each time. Really, that's what we have here on Wikipedia. At the RFAR, that's pretty much exactly what is happening. There are many perspectives, and people feeling passionately about one perspective or another. Yet, it's really a sea of language, all intertwined, and one no more right or wrong than the next molecule over in an ocean of opinions.
There are times when I don't respond to people. It's not generally out of pique, but rather that sometimes stepping back allows other voices to chime in and explain things in a different way that might gain traction where my own words will fail. That is what I thought I did in that conversation. Sometimes when there is a very large conversation, adding my own additional words to it will often do nothing but repeat what I've said before, but in a way I hope is ever more convincing...except it isn't. So, it seems futile for me to try again.
I understand your trepidations about RfA. I had them too. I don't recommend being an administrator for anyone. I've said before that anyone insane enough to stand at RfA is clearly not suited to the job. Yet, I've also noted before that we're running out of admins. We won't know it when we do. It's a very slow process. Commons, for example, has run out of admins. There are deletion request there that are more than 4 months old. That's a good state for Commons right now. Last year, it edged up to a 7 month backlog. More on this subject is at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Archive 245#Planning for a post-admin era, a thread I started in 2016. RfA sucks. I didn't want to stand at RfA for a long time. I finally got taken, kicking and screaming, to the altar. I expected massive opposition, including several members of ArbCom (of whom, as a body, I have been heavily critical). But, it didn't materialize. I would have stayed on the project had I failed, but not everybody does well in the face of that failure, nor are they lesser of a person for not taking it well. Most recently, this was Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MB. That RfA failed. Even though the supporters outnumbered the opposers >2:1, it still had a harshly negative impact. MB hasn't edited since that RfA closed in early January. Ouch.
I fully understand the need for community. As humans, we are social creatures. We need interaction to remain mentally healthy. It's critically important. Being expelled from a community is a hard, hard experience. I've been there, and certainly MB feels it happened as well. I'm sure your experience was horrendous. Hopefully lessons can be learned from it. All our experiences, good or bad, have an impact on us. The key is to turn them into future positives.
For my part, I can't view Wikipedia as a community for me. I know the good far outweighs the bad here, but I've perhaps become a bit jaded due to the bad. I've long said, and continue to maintain, that I have no friends here and don't want any. I think that helps me be an administrator. But, being an administrator is an absolutely sucky job. Even the most mundane admin tasks stand the risk of blowing up, precisely for the reasons I noted at the beginning of this post I'm writing. That, too, is a problem. I don't even begin to have an idea of how to solve that one. --Hammersoft (talk) 13:12, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
(talk page watcher) Hammersoft, I'll start by saying that I respect you as an editor and as an administrator (and I remember supporting your RfA). My take on this situation is, however, very different from your own. You are running flat out to AGF on behalf of Dbachmann, but I'm afraid I simply can't keep up with your pace. He very rarely uses the tools or even edits these days, but he showed up at the talk page of a recently blocked editor, without there being an unblock request, and without any discussion with the blocking administrator, just unblocked. This wasn't a simple administrative decision that proved to be controversial - I cannot believe that he didn't know full well that it would be controversial when he made it. It stinks of off-wiki canvassing, and is not the kind of thing one should do. With that in mind, I'm going to add a couple more entries to your list of possible options above:
(E) Don't do things like that in the first place.
(F) If you're going to do things like that, don't do them in the last few minutes of editing time you have that day.
(G) If you do something like that in the last few minutes of editing time you have available to you, make a few minutes to check back in shortly afterwards and leave a placeholder statement along the lines of 'Hi all - I have seen these concerns, and will commit to responding fully in the next 72 hours (or whatever). Apologies for the delay, I'm busy in real life.'
If option G had been exercised quickly, in the time in which they were editing over at dewiki perhaps, I think that people would have been prepared to wait a bit for a more substantive statement, the ANI thread would have been a lot smaller, and arbcom might never have been drawn into it.
In response to some of your other points, I don't think that being an administrator is always such a sucky job - it can be at times, but nobody is making me do it, and if it was a net negative to my activities here I would stand down. I do feel that I have friends here, quite a few of them, and I count Clovermoss amongst them (hence why I am a tpw here). I don't think that gets in the way of my being an administrator, although it obviously means that I need to consider my bias occasionally when disputes arise, and I dare say I've probably trodden on the wrong side of the line in that regard once or twice. If anyone ever calls me out on something like that, I will endeavour respond to it promptly. Girth Summit (blether) 13:47, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
I want to reiterate that I have not and do not support Dbachmann's actions. My thesis isn't about Dbachmann. It's about the processes we keep repeating that are, from my view, damaging to the project. My antipathy to how these processes are playing out should in no way be construed as me supporting Dbachmann in any way, shape, or form. Dbachmann's actions can be wholly bad, and the process by which the community is taking action towards them can be bad as well. They are not mutually exclusive. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:07, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
I agree with you on one thing - the Arbcom process is dauntingly bureaucratic. I once raised a request for clarification there, and I found the process very difficult to follow, and after a lot of words had been written by a lot of people, I'm not sure I was much clearer on the point I'd asked about. The process is flawed, but I'm not sure I could articulate ways we could do things differently that I would be confident would be better. Girth Summit (blether) 14:57, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Something I can say with absolute certainity is that I've never received so many notifications and keeping up with it all has been interesting. Seriously, every time I take a glance it's somewhere between 10-40. I'm subscribed to updates for both ANI and ArbCom and then there's the actual mentions I get from people sometimes. (E) is also a good option, imo, in regards to all of this. At this point, I'm mostly just trying to let whatever is going to happen take its course. I don't want to comment too much and take over the conversation and my concerns are mostly that everything is addressed. I hope people take it seriously like I do and I'd feel disappointed if they don't but I learned a long time ago that sometimes things just don't work out that way. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:49, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Indeed. I'm staying out of it now too. I did take a look to see how much more traffic there is about this. It's now up to 46 pages, over 24000 words. The average adult reads about 300 words per minute. It'd take an hour and 20 minutes to read through it all. Uhg. --Hammersoft (talk) 20:22, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia can be a very time intensive hobby. I plan to keep up with it all because I feel like I should, given that I filed an ArbCom case request and all. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:16, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
That kind of conscientious is precisely the sort of thing people want to seen in administrators. Just sayin' nudge, nudge :) --Hammersoft (talk) 12:17, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
My answer's still a no. Besides, from what I've seen of past RfAs, filing an ArbCom case would be a reason to oppose in itself. I doubt my responsiveness would counteract that. I've seen enough rationales that would liken it to being someone who starts more drama and that we don't need more admins like that. It wouldn't matter that I usually think of myself as someone who likes to avoid conflict... this one event would be enough to characterize me that way. I didn't think what I was proposing was all that controversial and it's honestly surprising to me that things are turning out the way they are. I can read the room, especially now that the indef proposal has been closed (even though it's relatively new and consensus could theoretically change).
For the record, I think Usedtobecool makes a strong argument:
Something does not add up. If he's not racist or made racist edits, why would we want to topic ban him from "race"? On the other hand, if he has... well, this is the first time I have seen on Wikipedia, where we came across a racist and said, "let's not lose a valuable contributor, we can give him something else to do". And, even putting aside the lack of precedence, someone who is racist or has made racist edits in the past will have managed to have compromised NPOV in the articles they had touched, and in the future, could compromise NPOV in other articles without ever bringing up race. Just as an example, a hypothetical racist editor who's prejudiced against Indians and thinks Indian Mathematics is overhyped by ineloquent, non-resident, Indian-nationalist teenagers, could, without ever bringing up race, prevent "globalisation" of mathematics articles by reverting edits that add text about Indian contributions, for containing typos, grammatical errors, or too much detail. [6] Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:08, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Bobafett2024 (09:43, 7 April 2023)

hello, i am just trying to edit, and want to add image in wiki, but i do not have the rights of the image, can i still put it and reference it? --Bobafett2024 (talk) 09:43, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

@Bobafett2024 In the vast majority of cases, the answer would be no, as this would be a copyright violation. In limited circumstances (like a book cover for an article about a book), non-free content is allowed. This page explains how you would upload an image in a circumstance like that. Please carefully read the above link about copyright violations before doing this, though. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:52, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
thank you very much for your help! Bobafett2024 (talk) 07:20, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
I just made my first image edit! It is so complicated, haha, but I learnt a lot of things! Thank you and pls do not mind i will keep asking stupid questions in future! Bobafett2024 (talk) 04:36, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Dbachmann: Case request declined after desysop

Hello Clovermoss,

The case request titled Dbachmann has been declined by a majority of the active arbitrators, primarily because a desysop motion passed and removed the need for a full case.

For the Arbitration Committee,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:23, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Direct linear plot renaming

When I first posted this article I called it Direct linear plot, as you have renamed it now. However, another editor (Dirac66) said on its Talk page that that was not specific enough and suggested that I add a parenthesis (biochemistry) or (enzyme kinetics), so I did. I've no great objection to either name, but it's a bit difficult when experienced editors make contradictory recommendations. Athel cb (talk) 15:29, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

@Athel cb: Yeah, I can understand why it'd be confusing to have contradictory suggestions. Qualifiers are typically only used when there's more than one article with the same name, which is why I moved it back. Dirac66's suggestion contradicts that. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:37, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
OK, thanks for the explanation, which makes sense to me. I have told Dirac66 about the change, and we'll see what comes of that. Athel cb (talk) 15:42, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

marking a redirect as reviewed but it's currently under discussion

Greetings,

An entry from you showed up in my watchlist and I'm unsure what it means. The redirect Dimash Qudaibergen shows up in my watchlist as (Page Curation Log) .... marked as reviewed. That redirect is currently the subject of a discussion to avoid a move-edit-war here - does whatever you did have any effect or relevance on that discussion?

Gecko G (talk) 17:17, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Most new redirects are reviewed by New Page Patrol and dealt with if they do not meet the criteria for redirects. It does not have any effect on discussions that were started externally from NPP processes. (t · c) buidhe 17:19, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
I see, it's a WP:NPP process. Thank you for the clarification. It was re-created as part of the brewing move-edit-war so it got considered as a "New Page" by the system even though it's not really "new", but I understand what happened now. Cheers! Gecko G (talk) 17:35, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for the response Buidhe! I was eating lunch and chatting with a friend so I didn't see this until now. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:11, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hans2214 (13:28, 18 April 2023)

Hi Clovermoss. We recently received an email saying we had not updated an entry about my father (Klaus Wedell) and it had been removed as it required citations. we are currently reviewing the citations to correct our incomplete entry. Once we have done this where do we find the archived document to re establish the page and update with the citations. many thanks for your anticipated help --Hans2214 (talk) 13:28, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi Hans2214. I will say that there's some aspects to your question, that for lack of a better word, raise some potential red flags. Specifically that you recieved an email about your father's Wikipedia article being removed? I'm not incredibly familiar with what to do in these circumstances, but I'd suggest reading this. It sounds like you may have been targeted by a scam? If this is the case, please forward that email to paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:40, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi Clovermoss. Many thanks for your quick response. I may have misled you as the email i received was started with the opening statement
Hello, I'm Eejit43. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Klaus Werner Wedell, then had a link into Wikipedia to read the complete message.
The message and my response is below. I did not get a reply, but did think the original message was genuine.
Hopefully this now my question makes more sense.
If you think I still need to report this please let me know.
Cheers
Hans2214
Hello, I'm Eejit43. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Klaus Werner Wedell, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ~ Eejit43 (talk) 14:33, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. I assume you are a moderator employed by Wikipedia? Could you confirm This please. Firstly our apologies if we have made an error. Klaus Wedell was my father and my sister and I were trying to correct and update the page which had been published by someone else (we do not know who so cannot speak to them) we had thought we had done everything correctly. If you could advise specifically our error(s) and advise how we may access the page to make the necessary corrections we would be grateful. My sister who has done the lion share of the work will also be in contact with you. Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing from you. Hans2214 (talk) 15:11, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
Hans2214 while relatives of an article subject undoubtedly know a lot about them, unfortunately there is no way to confirm this information unless it is published in reliable sources. See WP:Verifiability. To add information to the article, it's necessary to locate and cite published sources that have the information you are adding, such as [7].
Note: all of us including Clovermoss are volunteers who happen to edit Wikipedia. (t · c) buidhe 18:13, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Many thanks for your input. I am learning very quickly about all this. I also have somebody else from Wikipedia writing to me as well effectively saying exactly what you are saying. What we were trying to do originally was to correct something that was written by someone of whom we have no knowledge, Am I to assume therefore that we need to pay somebody external to do the research and write / update the entry? Many thanks. Hans2214 (talk) 18:24, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
(edit conflict) @Hans2214: I think I better understand what you mean now. To be clear, did you recieve a relatively generic email stating that you had a new talk page message? That situation is way more normal than any editor emailing you directly. Neither Eejit43 or I are "moderators", but we are experienced Wikipedians who have been around awhile. If you'd prefer to hear from an admin, I can try to notify one that has been recently active. Since you have a conflict-of-interest as the child of the article subject, there's some useful information in that link you should read. The best practice is to suggest changes at Talk:Klaus Werner Wedell and to use a seperate account to edit from your sister. I take it that you're confused about how to actually cite sources? I don't want to assume given we already had a misunderstanding, but if that is what you were trying to imply, I can offer some advice on that. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:15, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Many thanks for this. You are absolutely correct in respect of the generic email, advising I have a new talk page. Since my last message to you, I have received two messages from other people advising that I and my sister should not be updating my father’s Wikipedia page as there may be a conflict of interests. Whilst my father’s academic achievements are very easy to cite, his personal background and upbringing is more complex and can only be really told by family. I have asked the other people writing to me whether this is something that I should employ a professional to write independently. I am just waiting for their responses. Once again, many thanks for your support, but I suspect I might need to seek next external help to update and correct the current page for my father. Hans2214 (talk) 18:31, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
@Hans2214: You don't need to pay anyone. If his personal background is complex and can only really be told by family, like Buidhe said, it just can't be in the article. Information needs to be supported by citations to reliable sources. Verifiability is a really important policy on this website. Does that help? I worry that I'm being more confusing than helpful. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:50, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Between you Buidhe and Formaldude who are all giving me similar advice, I am getting there. What I will do, is look at what we would like to say, post it on a talk page with the appropriate citations and hopefully with the support of you and others identify corrections to produce an accurate and acceptable document. I will start the process and get back to you once I have something to submit. In the meantime, thank you very much, indeed for all your support. Hans2214 (talk) 18:55, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
@Hans2214: I'm glad that I could be of help even if everything wasn't as straighforward as it could have been. Feel free to come back here if you have any questions :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:04, 19 April 2023 (UTC)
Will do. Many Thanks Hans2214 (talk) 06:54, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Mysticboxer (22:22, 18 April 2023)

Hi Clovermoss,

I have a Wikipedia article I would like to submit. What is the first step? --Mysticboxer (talk) 22:22, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@Mysticboxer Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. This page has some advice on what you're looking for. Sometimes creating an article isn't the best first step and improving other articles beforehand can be easier. If you'd like to try that, I can offer some suggestions that align with your interests. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 23:27, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Hi Clovermoss,
Thanks for the page link. I will check it out now.
😊 Mysticboxer (talk) 23:33, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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Question from نعم البدل (00:29, 21 April 2023)

Hi! I'm hoping you can help me with some tips on expanding Wikipedia articles (more specifically at Urdu in the United Kingdom). I have included numerous references which mention a lot of detail about the subject, but at the moment I've only been adding parts of it, how can I include more detail without making it seem like I'm overusing the references? --نعم البدل (talk) 00:29, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

You can just add more from the same references. There is no limit to how much content can be cited to a single source, assuming that there are no WP:COPYVIO issues. The one thing I would change going forward is to make sure to cite the page number for all book sources. You can use the {{rp}} or {{sfn}} templates to accomplish this, if multiple page ranges need to be cited. (t · c) buidhe 00:32, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
Ah right, thanks for the tip – I'll see how it goes! نعم البدل (talk) 04:36, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
@Buidhe Are you signed up to be a mentor too? If not, maybe you would like to? You're really helpful whenever I can't answer a question immediately :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 05:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
Oh, I didn't even realise it was a different user! 😅 Nevertheless, I appreciate it. نعم البدل (talk) 05:54, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Bobafett2024 (03:06, 27 April 2023)

Hello, I started a while for editing and adding items, but i faced an issue.

Yesterday, I add an URL for a movie, which the URL is about some official merchandises for that film. However, other editor undo it.

Should I talk to the editor in this case? Or just let it be? If some editor undo my things, i just feel like I did something wrong, if I talk to him, I am not sure what will happen and I am not that type of people very good in arguement.

FYR, this is the URL of the wiki page which I edited: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shin_Kamen_Rider_(film)&action=history

Sorry to bother you again! Thank you, and hope to get your reply soon. --Bobafett2024 (talk) 03:06, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi Bobafett2024, no worries, it's not a bother. So I took a look at your edit and while a reason wasn't given in the revert, I'm assuming it had something to do with WP:NOTAD? Adding links to merchandise, official or not, tends to be considered spam-like, given that this isn't really what Wikipedia is about. As for when someone undos your edit, always feel free to reach out to the person in question! People tend to have reasons for why they do things and being informed/trying to understand the other person's perspective tends to be very helpful in a collaborative environment like this. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:17, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
thx for your quick reply, i will talk to the editor and see what have i done wrong haha. I do agree it may look spam, and maybe next time i have to think more details about adding items.
You know, sometimes it feels discourage when you try to do something for the wiki, and I just wanna to help, and turn out i ruin the universe. Bobafett2024 (talk) 08:07, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you for caring. I think it's best if I'm very careful in approaching death or suicide-related articles. I tend to be more drawn to that subject but that's not a very healthy decision. I do try to be at least somewhat self-aware. It's true I've been struggling for a really long time. I've been trying to seek professional help but I haven't been very successful with that since I became a legal adult. My options are incredibly limited in my local area. So stumbling across a bunch of news articles about expanding legislation offering assisted medical suicide for people whose sole condition was a mental health disorder was emotionally distressing, to say the least. I couldn't stop thinking about how I'd qualify based on what I was reading and it scared me to the core because not giving in to suicide ideation and surviving actual attempts has been a years-long struggle in itself. I mostly have been doing what I can to mitigate and cope with what life has dealt me but realistically it's not quite enough. I hope I can actually access what I need someday and I don't think death is that answer. What scares me is that I might change my mind and be given the option for assisted medical suicide. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:18, 13 May 2023 (UTC), edited 23:42, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

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Question from IanGroMar (17:46, 5 June 2023)

Hi Colvermoss, thanks for offering help! I've just finished writting an article on a famous Argentinian Architect called Sergio Forster, I've written it on my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:IanGroMar/sandbox, and was hoping to move it to Wikipedia's official servers. I haven't found the option to do that, may be I need some super-user to do that for me? Thanks in advance! --IanGroMar (talk) 17:46, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

@IanGroMar Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. I took a quick look at your draft and it doesn't seem like it's in English? If you wish to write an article for the English Wikipedia that would be the first step. If you were trying to write for a different language version of Wikipedia, I can give you a link if you're interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:23, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Hi Clevermoss, thanks for the quick response! Yes, the article is actually in spanish, would love to get the appropiate link! IanGroMar (talk) 15:46, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
@IanGroMar In that case, you can find the Spanish Wikipedia here. Let me know if you have any other questions. Different wikis tend to have different local policies so I might not be that much help, but I can try to direct you to the right places. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:02, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Question from Bobafett2024 (08:09, 9 June 2023)

Hi, its me again, recently my uploaded logo removed by other editors. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PCCW&action=history The logo is already updated in the official page in Lenovo page which I belived it is official and can be used for public, in this case what should i do? moreover, i found that i already missed the 14 days for talking to the editor, should i contact him??? thx a lot for helping me again! --Bobafett2024 (talk) 08:09, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

@Bobafett2024 So the person you're referring to is actually a robot: User: CommonsDelinker. If you click that link, there's an explanation there that might be useful. It seems like the non free image you uploaded without a license was deleted on Wikimedia Commons, prompting it to be automatically deleted from here. Does that help? I'm going to be busy for most of the day so I'm sorry if this isn't quite as detailed as I'd like, but if you need more advice just ask and I'll try to answer when I can. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:27, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hasnain shabbir 16 (06:23, 11 June 2023)

hello can i write article here to publish --Hasnain shabbir 16 (talk) 06:23, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

@Hasnain shabbir 16 Hi, I'd typically suggest trying to improve other articles first because creation of a new article tends to be a big first step, but this page gives you the instructions you are looking for. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:00, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Clovermoss, the key is "what links here", with links and redirects removed from the list: [12] ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:17, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: I appreciate you going out of your way to let me know. I managed to find this tool after my well-intentioned but incorrect RFPP. Would using that mean that links and redirects would be included and therefore I should use your method? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 23:53, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
Ah – nah, that tool is fine too. Both methods count only transclusions. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:23, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

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New Page Review queue April to June 2023

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Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

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Your Inquiry on JW's "Generation"

My apologies, but I don't know how to respond/send an email via WP, so I figured I'd respond here. Here is the relevant info from my PhD (I have removed the sources for brevity, but all the information given was properly sourced)

"The 2010 change, which is currently the version taught, of how long the generation consists of is understood to be: “…the lives of the anointed who were on hand when the sign began to become evident in 1914 would overlap with the lives of other anointed ones who would see the start of the great tribulation.” What this means is that the anointed who had witnessed the start of the “great tribulation”, meaning those who had been confirmed as being of the anointed class no later than 1914, would overlap, or be alive at the same time, with those anointed who are now considered to be part of this generation. The September 2015 edition of JW Broadcasting contains the best explanation of how this overlapping works. In it, Governing Body member David H. Splane gives the example of Frederick Franz, the former president and “oracle” of the Witnesses. Fred Franz lived to be 99 years old, being baptized and becoming a part of the anointed class in 1914 at the age of twenty. He died in 1992, and while Splane acknowledges that there may have been other anointed who saw 1914 who lived beyond 1992 it would not have been for significantly longer, so he uses Franz as a reference point. As Splane explains it “…in order to be part of ‘this generation’, someone would have had to have been anointed before 1992, because he would have to have been a contemporary of [Fred Franz]…anyone anointed after 1992 would be of the anointed but not of ‘this generation’.”"

One of the anointed who had been twenty in 1992 would have been born in 1972, and if they lived to be 99 years old would die in 2071 (1972+99=2071).

This is why I mentioned "what-if"isms on the talk page. Obviously it is possible that an anointed in 1992 could live beyond 99 years, or he may been younger (say 18). But my research needed to base it on data, so the 20 years old/lived to 99 when anointed example of Franz was the best way to base it on fact. I would doubt it would be the 2100's however, as even taking a very young age, say 14 in 1992, they would need to live to be 122. Technically possible, highly unlikely. Vyselink (talk) Vyselink (talk) 21:56, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

@Vyselink: You can use email by going "Special:EmailUser" and then typing in my username. I was curious about your OR-y PhD and didn't want to get too off-topic. I rewatched that part of the Broadcast recently and while Splane used Franz as a reference point (interesting choice given his nephew), he implied that there were anointed ones born after this date. It's possible I'm misunderstanding something, but I was basing my 2100 possibility through being born within the same "generation" as the relative who was around in 1914. I was born in 2002 so making it to 98 isn't impossible. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:27, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes, there were anointed ones after this date, very recently and they keep coming in fact. However, not all anointed are part of the generation: "...in order to be part of this generation, someone would have had to have been anointed before 1992", as this was when Fred Franz died. This doesn't mean someone who is now considered anointed was born before/by 1992, but rather that by 1992 they were already considered to be of the anointed, meaning they would have had to have been an adult, declared they were anointed, and been accepted as such. Vyselink (talk) 22:44, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

I'll break it down a bit more here. There are two factors that MUST HAVE happened to be considered part of "this generation"

  • You must be of the anointed
  • You must have been accepted to be part of the anointed before the last person who was considered to be of the anointed NO LATER than 1914 passed away

This means that they were anointed by 1914, NOT that they were born by 1914. If we use the example of Fred Franz, who is the last known person who was of the anointed by 1914 to have passed, this would mean:

  • You would have to have been accepted as an anointed by 1992

This means you would have had to have been essentially an adult. So lets say 18. I'm am unaware of anyone being accepted as an anointed before this age, but I suppose it's possible. But 18 is a good point as the difference would be at best 2-3 years anyway, as I can't see anyone under 15/16 years old being of the anointed.

  • 18 and of the anointed by 1992 means you were born in 1974. If you lived to be 100, you would die in 2074, marking this (within a few years) as the last date for the end of "this generation".

So lets say that you consider yourself to be of the anointed, and you were recognized as being of the anointed at 18, so 2020. You are of the anointed, but you are highly unlikely to be of "this generation", as there would have had to have been someone who was of the anointed in 1914 (remember, not BORN in 1914 or earlier, but OF THE ANOINTED, so an adult, in 1914). If this person were 18 in 1914, they would have had to have lived to 124 years old (1896-2020) to have overlapped with you. The oldest confirmed person lived to be 122, so again unlikely. Vyselink (talk) 23:15, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

@Vyselink: I think I understand where you were coming from with the 2070 estimate now. It took me awhile to wrap my head around and another rewatch of Splane explaining the concept to truly get it. I don't think it helped I had a cemented "make the truth your own" analogy younger me came up with to understand it. But I do appreciate you going out of your way to correct my misperception of JW doctrine here. I swear I keep learning new things about different official teachings that I didn't even know when I was actually studying for baptism. Further proof that children are not capable of agreeing to serve a deity forever, I suppose. [13] Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:33, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Your desire to learn will serve you well, and indicates a good mind in your head. And the intricacies of any religious doctrine are usually quite difficult to understand, ESPECIALLY if you grew up in a religion, as "faith" tends to skew the view. I'm happy to help wherever I can, so if you have any further questions just leave me a message on my talk page. Best. Vyselink (talk) 01:01, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Ryle Lobo (09:14, 26 June 2023)

Hi. I have posted valid & authentic information which was shared by the manufacturer about the brand Lynk & Co during my training but Wikipedia has refused to accept it & has threatened me stating that it would block me from editing. Was only only trying to post credible info. That's all. --Ryle Lobo (talk) 09:14, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

@Ryle Lobo: Hi, so I took a look at your edits to Lynk & Co: [14] and [15] Since you mentioned that this was brought up in your training, reading Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guide would be a good idea. I'd suggest avoiding subjective words like "premium" and not mentioning "new lifestyle" altogether. Individual volunteers tend to look at edits to see if they are aligned with our policies and guidelines and take action based on that so I wouldn't say 10mmsocket meant to be threatening. Your edits seemed somewhat ad-like, even if that wasn't your intention. Something that you might be able to do to improve the article is finding a source you can cite (not your job training but something other people can reference) about the joint ownership and staying neutral in your writing. Does that help? I can clarify further if nessecary. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:38, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
Yes, this helped. Thank you. 5.36.232.178 (talk) 10:09, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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Proposed decision posted for the AlisonW case

The proposed decision for the AlisonW case has been posted. Statements regarding the proposed decision are welcome at the talk page. Please note that comments must be made in your own section. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 15:24, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Damyne (11:47, 16 July 2023)

Hello Mentor, I'd like to edit a content, but it is not allowed in my IP address. Why is this? Is there a way to remove this blockage?

Thank you. --Damyne (talk) 11:47, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

@Damyne: Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. So to me, it sounds like there might be two different possibilities going on here. The first is that the IP address you're using is blocked. The second is that the article you're trying to edit is protected. If this is the case, Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard could help you. I admit I'm a bit unsure about the plausibility of the first situation because you were able to edit this page (ScottishFinnishRadish – you're a recently active admin, is this possible?) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:14, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
I'm assuming it was a protected page, because if they're logged in and editing it doesn't appear they're under any block. It's also possible the IP is anonblocked, but allows account creation. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:38, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedy has been enacted:

  • For failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, AlisonW's administrative user rights are removed. She may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.

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Question from JMONumalis (13:23, 20 July 2023)

Hello Pichemist, I'm taking a new position as communication manager at Numalis, a French software editing company specialized in Artificial Intelligence explicability and robustness validation (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numalis). We are also the ISO/IEC standards editors on the same topics and more recently of the AI-Act. It looks like our page has been edited several times for various reasons. Our mission is to help deliver trustworthy AI systems, especially in critical sectors and I believe that what we deserve a better Wikipedia page. I don't want to make same mistakes that led to today's looking of the page. Would you help me create an irreprochable one for our company? Looking forward to hearing from you, Kind regards, Jacques --JMONumalis (talk) 13:23, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

@JMONumalis Hi, you seem to be asking Pichemist and not me? Regardless, I'd heavily suggest you read this page about having a conflict of interest on Wikipedia. Please note that the purpose of Wikipedia is not to advertise but to create a neutral encyclopedia. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from KK timsina (12:43, 27 July 2023)

Hi i am a student of MA English first semester, for term paper i need some solution? --KK timsina (talk) 12:43, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@KK timsina Hi, I admit I'm confused about your question? If you're asking me to help with your homework, I can't really do that. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 19:43, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Simpich2 (03:02, 29 July 2023)

I am Cora Simpich, daughter-in-law of Bob and Jan Simpich. Simpich Dolls are known around the world selling in eBay auctions and other auctions often. There are many sources for information about Simpich Character Dolls and their creators Bob and Jan Simpich. I would like to add sources to the site. --Simpich2 (talk) 03:02, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

@Simpich2 Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. I'd strongly suggest you read this guide about conflicts of interest. The most crucial parts to remember is that we aspire to be a neutrally written encyclopedia that isn't about promoting specific companies and that people with conflicts of interest are strongly discouraged from editing an article directly and instead suggest improvements. I'd focus on collecting sources that are independent, reliable and cover Simpich Character Dolls in-depth as Wikipedia has stricter notability standards for companies. I realize I'm throwing walls of text at you, so please feel free to ask me to clarify anything or any further questions you have. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:13, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. I am thankful to those who have already made true corrections to site. I have nothing to gain or lose by changing the information on Wikipedia as the Simpich doll shop business is closed and so is the Gallery as my husband Ragan and his brother David have gone into the era of enjoying grandparenting. I have started a facebook group called Simpich Artwork just for the fun of it. Many public sources for Simpich Artwork are posted there by collectors and those interested. I am trying to encourage postings there of private collections, people who actually worked on the dolls and connections with people who know about Simpich Artwork of all kinds first hand. I also started Pinterest Boards about Simpich just to capture what I could about the resale of many pieces of Simpich artwork. At this point in time most people who own Simpich Artwork are still trying to keep it in their families so very rare pieces are seldom for sale and not even known to the general public. Bob Simpich was a prolific oil and water color painter. Jan also painted and sketched. So as suggested I encourage others to Simpich2 (talk) 12:58, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
continue adding to the vast public information available about Simpich artwork. There is currently a display of Simpich not for sale paintings at First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs. A hospital in Colorado Springs has a large commissioned Bob Simpich painting on display. Most of Bobs paintings are signed and include IHH which stands for "In His Honor". Bob was referring to his creator in putting this on his paintings. Feel free to ask me further questions also. Simpich2 (talk) 13:10, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
@Simpich2: I'm talking about sources like books, newspapers, etc. I'm not sure what you mean by "collector sites" without an example but it sounds unlikely to be the sort of coverage that I was looking for. Typically I'd ask if the article creator was able to find anything (Kintetsubuffalo) but they've been blocked by Catfish Jim and the soapdish. What I was trying to break you kindly though is that if this article was created today, it likely wouldn't pass the articles for creation process. That's why I was strongly encouraging you to find sources that demonstrate notability. 2006 was somewhat of a different time on Wikipedia. I'm sure your relatives are great, but continuing to share your passions on Pintrest might be a better option, as articles are about neutrally summarizing verifiable information from reliable and independent sources. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 23:51, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
David Simpich, who designed some of the Simpich Character Dolls was twice choosen International Puppeteer of the year. The creator of the Muppets is the only other person who shares this distinction. Over one hundred people worked on the dolls. I will keep looking for newspaper articles as there are lots. Thanks again. 2604:4C40:300E:FF34:89A:2C85:E67:DBA6 (talk) 05:01, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
A list of over 300 articles can be found but searching Simpich at the following link
https://gazette.com/search/ 2604:4C40:300E:FF34:89A:2C85:E67:DBA6 (talk) 05:17, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

@Simpich2: Maybe it'd help to take a look at one of the articles about a doll line (not just a brand) that cites the sort of coverage I was looking for? Creatable World is an article I started. If you look at that article and keep in mind Wikipedia's definition of notability, maybe you'll have better luck finding what I'm trying to find in Simpich character dolls. It's cool that there was an award involved – could you find a source like I described earlier that talks about how these dolls were influential enough to earn that? Wikipedia's definition of notability is more strict than what other people may consider notable. An example of this is how something that earned an award isn't inherently considered notable here. It can be a hint that the kind of coverage I'm looking for exists, but again it's not quite what I'm looking for. Focus on quality and not just sheer quantity. Can you find three sources that are comparable to the type of coverage I was talking about? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:01, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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Annual plan for Growth

We shared our annual plan, for the period July 2023 - June 2024.

Our first project of the year will be Community configuration 2.0, which helps editors with extended rights transparently and easily configure important on-wiki functionality.

After we finish work on Community configuration 2.0, we will hope to fit in one of the following projects:

  • Article creation: This project aims to provide new editors with better guidance and guardrails in the article creation process, with the intention of lightening the load of new page reviewers.
  • Non-editing participation: This project aims to create low-risk ways for readers to participate in Wikipedia with the intention of funneling more readers into contributing to the Wikimedia movement.

Please let us know what you think about these projects on the related talk page, or Growth's annual plan talk page.

Suggested edits

The new "Add an image" section-level task

We released a new Section-level “add an image” structured task to Growth pilot wikis (Arabic, Bengali, Czech, and Spanish). This task was part of the Structured Data Across Wikipedia project. We are monitoring the edits made, and we look for community feedback as well.

Suggested Edits are now receiving topic predictions via the new Language-Agnostic Topic Classification. This change affects non-English Wikipedia wikis. It will ensure newcomers receive a greater diversity of task recommendations. Before, as this feature was a test, English Wikipedia was used to select topics. The change is gradual as lists of topics are refreshed when they become empty. The Research team will evaluate the impact in a few months. [16]

Starting on August 1, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link": Georgian Wikipedia, Kara-Kalpak Wikipedia, Kabyle Wikipedia, Kabardian Wikipedia, Kabiyè Wikipedia, Kikuyu Wikipedia, Kazakh Wikipedia, Khmer Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia, Kashmiri Wikipedia, Colognian Wikipedia, Kurdish Wikipedia, Cornish Wikipedia, Cornish Wikipedia.

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The Growth team provides dedicated features to establish a mentorship program for newcomers. Every newcomer gets a volunteer mentor who provides encouragement and answers questions. Communities can set up or join this mentorship system by visiting Special:ManageMentors. This mentorship system is configurable by the community at Special:EditGrowthConfig.

More communities have implemented mentorship. A Wikimedia Foundation data scientist will be looking at the impact of Mentorship. We will look at the impact on Spanish and English Wikipedia. [17]

The Growth team will also host a Mentoring new editors on Wikipedia session at Wikimania 2023 in Singapore. Workshop attendees will help brainstorm improvements to Growth’s mentorship features.

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Question from Nyxcats (04:42, 4 August 2023)

How do I add a heading to a article on my phone --Nyxcats (talk) 04:42, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

@Nyxcats Hi and welcome to Wikipedia. There's different ways of editing Wikipedia on your phone, so I'd be able to give more specific advice if I have more information. Are you talking about editing Wikipedia through a browser or are you referring to the Wikipedia app? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 06:04, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from SowjanyaNageshGowda (09:35, 5 August 2023)

May I know, i cound i create new Wikipedia page?? --SowjanyaNageshGowda (talk) 09:35, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

@SowjanyaNageshGowda Hi, this page explains how. It can be a fairly difficult first task for a newcomer to accomplish so it might be better to have practice improving articles you're interested in first. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:00, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Xflip Sans (06:29, 10 August 2023)

Where do i start making my storys? --Xflip Sans (talk) 06:29, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

@Xflip Sans: Hi, Wikipedia is not a website for publishing creative works. So I'd suggest going somewhere else for that (possibilities include FictionPress, Wattpad, or starting your own website). If you have any further questions about contributing to an encyclopedia, please feel free to come back and ask. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:58, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Your feedback is requested - New consensus on Millennials Talk page

Hi Clovermoss,

Thank you for your recent contribution at Millennials. I have taken on board your point of view. I have proposed to improve the Date and age range definitions section of the article to address your concerns, to ensure the section is not unbalanced towards certain viewpoints and to add more information on neglected viewpoints. There is an encouraging sign that a new consensus is forming to support the change as one of the main objectors has noted that concerns have been taken on board and now supports improvement. I would really appreciate if you could add your new opinion to this section of the Talk page to avoid the article being stuck at Wikipedia:Status quo stonewalling.

Thank you for your time! Richie wright1980 (talk) 09:38, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

@Richie wright1980: I'll take a more detailed look sometime later when I'm not experiencing as much physical pain. Painkillers aren't really doing anything so it might be a few days. Typing sucks when your hand is swollen. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
I am so sorry to hear that! You take good care of yourself and don't let this worry you. Have a healthy weekend!! Richie wright1980 (talk) 20:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
@Richie wright1980: I'll read the wall of text sometime later today, if things are still going relatively well. Turns out I have paronychia. It all occured rather suddenly and was incredibly painful. I ended up going to the hospital, where they did this. My finger still isn't the best, but as I said, I seem to be getting better. I'm following all the instructions and stuff they gave me. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:50, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Ouch! That sounds incredibly painful. Clean your keyboard! I hope it all goes well and you make a full recovery. Don't rush to the talk - we have taken on board everyone and there doesn't seem to any major objections that we haven't covered already. But it would be helpful if you have no objections to let us know. All the best!! Richie wright1980 (talk) 19:53, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
@Richie wright1980: First off, I'll say I appreciate the well wishes. There's always another human behind the screen. :) That said, I did finally take a look at all the text following my comment in the RfC. Frankly, I'm not quite sure what to say and I'm a bit confused. I'm still thinking about the best way to approach all of this. I would suggest you try to tone down your interactions with Betty Logan a bit and make it less personal? I think we're all coming from a place of good intentions here and uh... some of what you said can escalate things rather than help keep things cool. It can also be a bit intimidating, even if that isn't your intention. Frankly, I'm not all that experienced in conflict resolution. Maybe reaching out to someone who is would be helpful? Doing something like that might be worth a shot, at the very least. I've heard good things about Robert McClenon even if I don't think I've ever interacted with them. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:52, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
User:Clovermoss, User:Richie wright1980 - Is there an article content dispute? I generally start by telling the parties that the purpose of conflict resolution is to improve an article, and so I ask them what they want to change in the article, or what they want left the same that another editor wants to change. Maybe asking and answering that may clarify whether there is an issue. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:40, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi guys. I am sorry if you have found this upsetting to read Clovermoss - I have only come across ANI twice in 15 years of Wiki experience. I must admit I have been quite surprised by all this. However, as you rightly pointed out the ANI above resulted in both parties understanding eachother better, it ended on good terms and closed with no further action. As we stand now, after a week of talks with mulitple editors, both parties of the ANI are happy to rest on a final version of the text. Unless there are no major objections - both parties who attended the ANI are happy for the new text to go ahead some time tomorrow. I think at this stage, it's useful to state no more objections so any major dispute is not protracted. Richie wright1980 (talk) 11:20, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: I'd say there's a content dispute at Talk:Millennials#Date and age range definitions. I admit I don't usually partipicate in RfCs so I'm a bit of a loss at what exactly would be helpful in this situation. I've looked into things a bit more and there was a recent ANI discussion about all of this too here. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 08:21, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

I've reread the ANI (closed by Valereee) and it seems like it ended somewhat cordially even if took awhile to get there. I have to say that walking into the talk page discussion the way it was had me under the impression that it was all still going on. I admit my head is spinning. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 08:41, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
@Richie wright1980: I wouldn't say it was upsetting per se, I was just trying to think of a way I could hopefully help you see that maybe another approach is better? From my perspective, almost nothing Betty Logan said seemed objectionable enough to cause that sort of reaction, so I was confused about how to de-escalate things. I'm glad things eventually worked out and I hope they continue to do so. :) In the future, I would be a bit careful about how you approach people outside of discussions (using words like "new consensus" and "stonewalling" can give someone the impression that there's only one way to participate, which is generally discouraged). Obviously, you care a lot about Wikipedia, and that's great. I didn't want to discourage you. Again, it was trying to find that balance and I wasn't sure how to do that. You were also kind to me when I was in pain and I didn't want to come across as mean. You're a reasonable person so I was trying to figure out how I might be able to convince you to alter your approach. I was thinking I was walking into everything still being in a state of tension because I started reading everything after my !vote in the RfC (and the talk page doesn't mention anything about the ANI thread iirc). I found the ANI thread later. Personally, I wouldn't have started the ANI thread in the first place. It's more for when situations are more clear-cut and/or chronic problems. Content disputes don't go there and if they do it's typically because someone stepped over what's considered acceptably civil. I don't spend much time there either but it's not really used for these types of situations. My first read through I missed the end of the discussion so I didn't notice it was closed or that the two of you had already reconciled. So again, I was left with the false impression that everything was still going on at first and hoping to resolve the situation but without accidently making things worse. Hopefully explaining my train of thought helps to understand where I was coming from here? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:41, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Yikes, it was quite the journey to say the least haha. I appreciate you taking the time to follow the discussion and will take on board your comments. I appreciate your vote for version B. In the end I think the article will have come out stronger. All the best and take care of yourself! Richie wright1980 (talk) 20:13, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Rebelnasty420 (18:14, 12 August 2023)

Im tryna create an artist page for Rebel Nasty. How do i do that? --Rebelnasty420 (talk) 18:14, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Rebelnasty420. Please see Help:Your first article. Creating a new Wikipedia article is a very complicated task and probably the hardest thing a new editor can attempt to do. If you want any help we have a friendly place to ask questions from experienced editors, at Wikipedia:Teahouse. Qcne (talk) 18:21, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi Rebelnasty420. Qcne gave you some good advice in my absence. I would also highly suggest you read this page about conflicts of interest on Wikipedia since your username suggests you might have some sort of connection with the subject. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 19:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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Change of venue

Regarding this comment: yes, I understood after your previous comment that you were referring to changing venue for the general discussion. isaacl (talk) 18:21, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

I think maybe I'm missing something. I took your previous comment to mean that you were puzzled about what I was trying to communicate. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:47, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
After your first comment, I was puzzled why you were commenting on moving general discussions to another venue when I hadn't mentioned it. After your second comment, I understood you thought I suggested moving general discussions to another venue. I explained that your first comment puzzled me, and that your second comment seemed to be in agreement with my primary point of not having specific discussions on that talk page. isaacl (talk) 20:14, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, but I also don't think it'd be that great moving that kind of discussion elsewhere. I think at a place like WP:ORFA it's okay because the editor being evaluated has made it clear that they're okay with that. That's the entire point of starting a thread there. I felt uncomfortable with talking about specific editor's chances of passing on a highly visible page but I don't think moving to them somewhere less visible on-wiki is nessecarily the answer to that. That's why I mentioned why RfA nominators tend to approach candidates via email or generalized discussions. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:01, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
I get the feeling we're talking past each other. I appreciate the concerns about evaluating an editor in public, and it's one of the reasons that the admin nominators wikiproject faded out. I'm not concerned if the conversation doesn't take place in another place on-wiki. My main message was to suggest that it shouldn't be happening in that thread. Suggesting another location was just a way to sugar coat the suggestion with another option. isaacl (talk) 00:51, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Fair enough. I think it took us a little while to get there but we're understanding each other now. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:05, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikimedia apps newsletter-August 2023

Presenting the Third Edition of the Wikipedia Mobile Apps Newsletter!

Explore the freshest news, enhancements, and additions in our newsletter, keeping you in the loop for an enriched mobile Wikipedia journey. Dive into the content and make the most of your reading!

iOS

From June to August 2023

  • We released version 7.3.1 on July 12, with highlights:
    • Fixed character counter in article description editor.
    • Added Gurene, Wayuu, and Angika languages to our language list.
    • Addressed automatic theme switching bug and performed cleanup for performance fixes.
  • We're progressing on upcoming features:
    • Redesigning diff view: The "Diff View" displays changes in a Wikipedia article over time, showing additions, deletions, and edits for easy comparison between different versions helping you track content evolution and updates.
    • Coming in 7.4.0:
      1. Unleash the power of "Undo" and "Rollback" with updated diff pages!They let you revert changes made to an article back to a previous version, helping you fix mistakes or unwanted edits quickly.
        As we move one step closer to bringing Watchlist to the iOS app we are aiming to release it in September. We've refreshed our diff pages and added the option for experienced editors to roll back destructive edits. You can check out the updated diff page by tapping "View Edit History" in any article.
      2. A warm welcome to the Tachelhit language Wikipedia!
      3. Connect across language variants with updated codes! When you venture into articles of different language variants, particularly Chinese and Serbian, you should find a smoother experience when using variant codes.

Remember, your feedback powers our journey. You can be a part of our quest to create the ultimate Wikipedia experience by reporting bugs, quirks, or even your magical moments. Reach out through iOS-support@wikimedia.org.

Thank you for being a vital part of our community... Happy exploring!

Android

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Hello. This is a courtesy notice to let you know that I have un-archived the ANI at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Did I do the right thing here? so that there can be further discussion about the other user's behavior. Thank you. –Novem Linguae (talk) 02:57, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. I don't entirely agree with the characterization of me or my actions but I can't bring myself to care that it's worth saying anything anymore. I really think I just need some time away. If I tried to step in again, I'd probably just make things worse. I wasn't doing that well before I was grieving and that made things exponentially worse, frankly. I appreciate everything you've done, though. Hopefully things will work out for the best. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:36, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
Turns out I did have something to say. I probably will regret it. Now there's a complicated RfC and a reopened ANI thread and I'm not sure how anything's supposed to go from here. I wish I could just go back in time and do everything differently. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 23:53, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
Clover, first off, before I say anything else, I wish to extend to you my profound and sincere sympathies for your loss. Understanding that your recent activity on this subject is motivated in part by grief goes a long way to explaining your approach to me. In fact, it feels in a way familiar to an experience I had early in my own involvement on this project. On July 22, 2011, a twisted excuse for a human being set of a car bomb outside the workplace of someone very dear to me. It was not the first time that terrorism had struck very close to home in my lifetime, but it was the first after I had become a Wikipedian.
Thankfully in my case, and with a relief that I can still feel to this day, I eventually learned that my loved one was safe. But by that point I had spent a day mired in nauseating fear, which in the light of clarity was then free to transform into rage. Among other coping mechanisms, I proceeded to Wikipedia to use it as a vehicle to vent those feelings and found myself aggressively editing about the attack and especially the man who undertook it and, I will admit, violating norms which I would like to believe I have not since. Thanks to the patience of other community members further removed from the topic, I was shortly able to see that I was not in a place to be contributing in that area and pulled back.
Now, I know this is not a true comparison to what you are going through, but it is the best I can do to share my understanding of the place that you are in, in terms of Wikipedia and personal trauma overlapping, and emphasize that that everything else I have to say is now reinterpreted in light of that. My experience was heavily formative of my editorial philosophy moving forward, as I'm sure this one will be for you. But it also helped to sharpen my understanding the strengths of Wikipedia's approach, and I hope that's something you come away with, eventually, as well. There are other occasions where my activity on project has touched upon issues I have a personally-informed emotional reaction to. But where the loss of (or harm to) a loved on is concerned, as opposed to our own direct suffering...that's a unique kind of trigger, I know.
I'll be honest with you, I came here thinking I might be giving you a piece of my mind (even though that is typically not my style on this project), for two reasons:
1) I felt very thrown under the bus by the way you selectively quoted just those particular comments from the ANI, absent the context and my broader feelings on the conduct. I imagined myself informing you that I have been an advocate for trans identity and rights pretty much all of my adult life, have had skin in that fight on personal and professional levels for decades, since long before it was a broadly popular movement, and that I did not appreciate having some Janey-come-lately leverage my words in a way seemingly calculated to drum up support for a flagging proposition, but in a manner which could easily lead to my own values being heavily misconstrued.
Furthermore, I specifically avoided weighing in at that discussion previously because I didn't want to be in a position of pointing out that consensus does not support making the conduct in question a per se violation of behavioural policy. I have extremely mixed feelings about that state of affairs, but I also believe the writing is on the wall for how the community feels about the issue, and I did not want to be the one to have to say it. And your selective quote, along with the sharply divided responses it invoked, robbed me of my choice not to engage there and forced me to be the bearer of ill news in that regard.
And 2), and far more important than any sense of personal affrontment I may have, I don't think that discussion, presented as it was, was well-advised in the first instance. I'm not going to heavily belabour this point, because your comments above seem to suggest to me that you already understand this to some extent. Suffice it to say, I think the proposal was hasty, poorly constructed, and unfortunately likely to result in an outcome that runs mostly counter to the result you would have liked, as a result. This issue imputes deeply held convictions for many people, and making progress towards incorporating respect for trans individuals is an exacting, painstaking process that involves careful calculation and a high level of rhetorical nuance to achieve broad community support. I came here expecting to say that running straight from being told at ANI that you couldn't do whatever you wanted with another user's page in these circumstances to VPP with a tactical repackaging of the exact same issue struck me as precisely the kind of hubris that younger "allies" all too often bring in to this debate in their zeal to be on the right side of history.
I know better now. You aren't just some over-eager neophyte activist missing the forest for the trees. You are a grieving woman raw with the need to honour and protect the memory of a loved one. That's another kind of experience you and I have in common. So I want you to know that while I still decided to share some of what I came here to share, I always believed your heart was in the right place. And now, seeing something more of the full picture of your motivations, I find I understand them all too well. I hope that my view of things will be received in the same light, and that you can take me at face value when I say that I have decided to share them afterall in the hope that you might find some value in it, even if you don't agree with all of it.
Above all, I urge you to take time to heal. I don't mean to imply that this should be viewed as exclusive to contributing here or in this particular area. I mean only that I wish for you the presence of mind to put your own needs first, for a time. This place and this community will not be going anywhere and will be waiting for you, no matter how many breaks you need of whatever duration. The fight for equality and respect for all, wherever it takes place, is also not ending any time soon. Taking some time to mend will only make you a stronger link in the chain that is that struggle. Or so I feel anyway. SnowRise let's rap 20:53, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

@Snow Rise: I appreciate the condolences. It is a hard time for me, but I'm used to feeling horrible. Living with PTSD for more than a decade will do that to you. But it also gives you some resilence, even if I'd really rather people not tell me stuff like how all my suffering is "worth it" because it's made me a better person (not that you've said that, I'm just really frustrated with hearing it constantly IRL). I think a whole lot less suffering would've got that point across. I guess what I'm saying is that if you actually initially came here to speak your mind, you can do so. Grief has definitely made my past few days a lot more intense, but I don't think I've been acting in a way that dismisses what I have to say entirely. It's not like I've hurled insults at people or said that people have been participating in these discussions in bad faith. I tend to have a hard time standing up for myself, so I think it's important to say that. So reading I know better now. You aren't just some over-eager neophyte activist missing the forest for the trees. You are a grieving woman raw with the need to honour and protect the memory of a loved one. honestly bothered me. One, because my recently deceased loved one would likely not agree that this is honouring their memory and two, because I don't think I'm being overeager here.

Hear me out, please? I'm usually the type of person who stands by the sidelines. I very rarely act unless my conscience screams at me too, because I hate how disagreeing with people makes me feel. Even the simplest of things can cause some pretty serious inner turmoil in a way that doesn't quite make sense to other people. So I suppose it's true that you could call me a bit sensitive. But I usually navigate my life keeping all that to myself unless there's a reason not to. Like that time I filed an ArbCom case. If you're curious, you can read how I responded to concerns then. I mean what I say on my userpage, that people can discuss what they're concerned about and I'll consider their counterarguments. So far, I haven't quite got to the point where I'd say you've won me over. You can keep trying if you want to. For what it's worth, I was not trying to throw you under the bus. I explicitly said in that same comment that Hi, I was just wondering if everyone agreed with Snow Rise's assessment over at the now reopened ANI thread? There's a lot there so I suggest taking a look at everything for context. I read your comments at ANI, I wasn't suggesting that you don't care about standing up for other people like I do. I thought it was fair to bring that point up specifically because a lot of the RfC was more generalized to just the advice on the guideline page itself (which is what I was trying to go for) and it didn't sit right with me to reach such a sweeping conclusion like that. I thought it was warranted to ask people if they actually agreed with that accessment, especially since I had someone reach out to me off-wiki before that comment to basically say something along the lines of they didn't initially realize that my question about the guideline page kind of springboarded from a recent ANI or the context for why I was asking this question. So I thought it was a good idea to clarify that the RfC was potentially being accessed under that lens. I wasn't expecting a reaction quite like this. If it'll help your perspective any, I've seen countless people indefinitely blocked for saying stuff like the editor that's the subject of the ANI thread. So my actions are from the perspective of this sort of thing being dealt with swiftly and not ambiguously. I can spend a few hours and compile a list of 100 or so editors if that'd help you understand my confusion in how this is not the case here. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:58, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in response, CM: I'm just getting back on.
"I appreciate the condolences. It is a hard time for me, . . . I think a whole lot less suffering would've got that point across.
I get what you mean about the usual "You are better for having experienced this" spiel. I'll offer a different sentiment which may very well strike you as just a different form of platitude, but which comes with the benefit of some empirical experience: after a long enough time, PTSD can begin to feel like a life sentence, I know. But please believe me that significant recovery can happen even after a long period of it feeling woven into your day-to-day. The brain can be a peculiar thing in that respect. Don't give up on a life significantly less marked by trauma-conditioned responses.
"Grief has definitely made my past few days a lot more intense, but I don't think I've been acting in a way that dismisses what I have to say entirely. . . . So reading 'I know better now. You aren't just some over-eager neophyte activist missing the forest for the trees.
I think I may have spoken inartfully there: I should have left out the "just".
"One, because my recently deceased loved one would likely not agree that this is honouring their memory"
Well, perhaps I misunderstood the connection you were implying. I thought you were saying there was something of a direct connection between the content you were objecting to and the circumstances of your loss. Regardless, I don't know anything of your lost family member, honestly, but I do believe that all respect starts with honesty and truth-- and as such, so does any meaning we might eventually make out of grief. I'm not sure if that observation provides any value to you, but I do believe its fundamentally true.
"I mean what I say on my userpage, that people can discuss what they're concerned about and I'll consider their counterarguments. So far, I haven't quite got to the point where I'd say you've won me over."
That's reasonable. For what it's worth, I have been convinced, in light of the extra diffs provided by you and the IP, to support a sanction against the editor in question. On the other hand, I continue to believe there is a distinction between the behaviour that ultimately convinced me of the necessity for action and the notion of penalizing editors for lack of ideological purity on the overarching issue. You can see what I expect will be my final thoughts on just why that is (for this particular ANI anyway) in the sequence of discussion involving myself, Black Kite, and Springee; I don't think I'm likely to explain my perspective on the balance of interests more fully than I did there, any time soon.
"For what it's worth, I was not trying to throw you under the bus. I explicitly said in that same comment that 'Hi, I was just wondering if everyone agreed with Snow Rise's assessment over at the now reopened ANI thread? There's a lot there so I suggest taking a look at everything for context'. I read your comments at ANI, I wasn't suggesting that you don't care about standing up for other people like I do." . . . I wasn't expecting a reaction quite like [link]."
I know, and look, I almost didn't say anything because I'm a big believer in the notion that you can expect to have to sometimes explain or elucidate upon your initial comments here. But I do think this is an instructive example of why it is typically not a good idea to selectively quote someone else's comments from one discussion, in one very specific kind of community space and context, move those comments to another page entirely, where they are divorced not just from the rest of that person's post but also the larger framework and discussion in which they arose, and then say essentially "Do you think this person is being reasonable?" Especially in the context of such an emotive subject matter as is at play here.
Because you can tell everyone that they should go read the rest of the original discussion, but realistically, a substantial portion of people in the trasplanted-to discussion just are not going to, and it makes for huge potential for misrepresentation of the views of the person whose views you are selectively presenting, out of context. I had to very quickly interject there in a discussion I didn't intend to be a part of just to keep my own values and views from being massively misconstrued, which was already starting to happen.
Anyway, sooner or later we are going to have to try to define the line between acceptable and unacceptable expressions of opinions in this area. I believe I have a notion of a rule that the community would broadly support, and I'd like to share it with you, but I beg your indulgence in putting it off at least a day, as I am short on time at the moment, and have a few other matters to respond to on project. In the meantime, I hope you share my sentiment of no real negative sentiments resulting from the back and forth at ANI. In fact, I am grateful for this opportunity to have gotten to know you. All my best wishes to you and your family in your time of loss, truly. SnowRise let's rap 03:17, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
@Snow Rise: You don't have to apologize for a delay. A day is nothing in the grand scheme of things, I realize most people have lives outside of Wikipedia. The original ANI discussion was only open for 18 hours... I didn't get a chance to explain the background behind the other editor's behaviour before it was closed. I wanted to make sure my own behaviour was on the right side of things first and in between reaching that conclusion (that it was a bit of a gray area) and going to work, I couldn't participate in that discussion anymore.
Yeah, the dead relative and my thoughts on the current RfC aren't really connected, other than intense emotions experienced as a result of grief and shunning. I was at my worst I've been in awhile when I wrote this edit summary. It's hard to explain how it feels to consider attending a funeral where people aren't allowed to talk to you and think you're being influenced by Satan. I don't have really have any personal stake in regards to transgender rights other than caring about human rights and being able to emphasize with how much it sucks for people in your life to hate you.
Anyways, back to the topic at hand, what would you have preferred I do instead of quote you/ask people to look at further context? I wanted to not have a wall of text cluttering the discussion. But I also wanted to make sure I'd said something because people might not have been aware of what was going on at ANI. Especially considering what I said earlier about the person who contacted me off-wiki before that comment and didn't even realize there was an ANI discussion that somewhat springboarded things. I guess what I'm trying to say is despite my limited RfC participation, what was happening looked more like no consensus to me and your summary of what was happening at the RfC didn't quite sit right with me? I wanted to clarify if others thought that was an accurate reflection of what was going on? Does that make sense? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:56, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
@Snow Rise: I figured I should clarify something. In regards to the whole 'editor contacting me off-wiki' thing, I was talking about a brief conversation on Discord. I had nothing to do with the wikipediocracy thread, but since my comment at the RfC quoting you was quoted there... I'm more sympathetic to your argument about why it might not be the best idea to only partially quote someone. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:39, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

hi :D

Thanks for remembering me LOL! It's definitely been a minute on my end, but this was a very cool experience to be like "Dang I'm listed as MISSING? What even happened... wait actually someone remembered me that's even crazier" so this brought a smile to my face :>. Hope you're doing well!!

Does this mean I'm returning? No clue, maybe! We'll see how much time I have on my hands it seems, but just wanted to pop by and say hi, and thanks for being cool B) Utopes (talk / cont) 20:38, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

@Utopes: Nice to see you back, and yes, I definitely remember you. Regardless of whether I see you around on-wiki, I wish you all the best. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:26, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

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Going on walks in nature is a great idea. We have good weather here probably for the next few weeks, I hope it is not too smoky where you are. (t · c) buidhe 20:44, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Buidhe. Yeah, spending a lot of time in nature tends to make me feel grounded, for lack of a better term. I spent a good chunk of 2021 taking 8 hour walks in the forest all the time. It's been a bit cold the past few days but nothing a sweater can't fix. I also haven't dealt with wildfires affecting the air quality super recently which is nice because I like not coughing when I go outside. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 06:45, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

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Hello. Help improvements for acticle Akane Yamaguchi. Thanks you. 113.161.210.125 (talk) 02:12, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, I appreciate you reaching out to me, but I think it'd be a good idea to stop posting a similar message on several other talk pages at about the same time [22]. It tends to take at least a few minutes for people to get back to you, so please be patient. If you have suggestions for improving that article specifically, I would start a section at Talk:Akane Yamaguchi explaining the changes you would make and citing reliable sources. You can't edit the page directly as it is protected. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:16, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

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Community Configuration, concept A: Accordion style
Community Configuration, concept B: Dashboard style

Community configuration 2.0

  • Community Configuration 2.0 is a feature that will enable Wikimedia communities to easily customize and configure features to meet their unique needs. This approach provides non-technical moderators with more independence and control over enabling/disabling and customizing features for their communities.
  • Technical approach and associated tasks are detailed in this Epic task on Phabricator.
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IP Masking

  • The Growth team has been working on several updates to ensure Growth maintained features will be compatible with future IP Masking changes. This work has included code changes to: Recent Changes (T343322), Echo notifications (T333531), the Thanks extension (T345679) and Mentorship (T341390).
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Scaling Growth features

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  • We plan to scale the new Impact Module to all Wikipedias soon, but first we are investigating a bug with the job that refreshes the Impact Module data. (T344428)
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Other news

  • We disabled the “add an image” task temporarily (T345188) because there was a failure in the image suggestions pipeline (T345141). This is now fixed.
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Wikimedia apps newsletter – October 2023

Revealing What's Inside the Fourth Edition of the Wikipedia Mobile Apps Newsletter!

Discover the latest updates, improvements, and new content in our newsletter, ensuring you stay informed for an enhanced mobile Wikipedia experience.

iOS

From the end of August to October 2023

  • The iOS suggested edits feature, originally successful on Android, is now being developed for iOS. This expansion aligns with the Product & Technology organization's goals for the 2023–2024 fiscal year, with a specific target of increasing mobile contributions by 10% without reversion. This move responds to the growing demand for a similar content creation and maintenance tool on Apple devices.
  • The team released 7.4.1 in August, which included:
    • The ability to Undo and Rollback edits on Diff Pages!
    • The addition of Tachelhit Language Wiki.
    • We also improved language variants for Chinese and Serbian languages.
  • In October, 7.4.2 was released, which included the following:
    • Watchlist on iOS: We've heard your requests! You can now access your Watchlist through Settings → Account → Watchlist. Add new items to your Watchlist via the new overflow menu in the Article View. Take actions on edits by clicking a username on the Watchlist view, or take actions like "Thank" on the diff screen of an edit in your list.
    • Article Section Sharing: Want to send someone to a specific section in an article? Click a section in the table of contents and then click "Share" via the article overflow menu.
    • Bug Fixes to ensure you can swipe without the app freezing and that the navigation bar doesn't shrink or disappear.

Thank you for volunteering developers Serguitar, jhsoby, agray, Nikki, TiagoLubiana.dijkstra.and revolter for their contributions to this release.

Android

From the end of August to October 2023

  • The team is actively working on reinstating the nearby feature due to the high volume of requests we've received. You can find comprehensive tracking details for this effort on Phabricator T347201.
  • We have released the Image Recommendation feature to the Wikipedia Beta.
  • We have been working on developing the Patroller Tasks, and most of the screens have passed the design reviews.
  • Bug fixes and minor improvements:
    • Fixed possible crashes on Android 14 devices.
    • Fixed some view styles related to the Material Design, which includes toolbar and dialog.
    • Introduced more text-highlighted features to the search results across the app.
    • Introduced the Wikitext keyboard support to the talk page interfaces.

Community meetings

We would like to invite you to an online meeting with the mobile apps team. It will take place on the 27th of October at 5 p.m. UTC (check your zone’s exact time).

The host will be Jazmin Tanner, the product manager of the apps team, with a number of our software engineers; you can join the meeting.

Feel free to share your questions and thoughts about Wikipedia’s mobile apps on the Wikimedia Apps/Office Hours page on mediawiki.org. We would love to hear from you. The last date to add your input will be on the 24th of October at 12:00 UTC. If you'd like a one-day reminder before the meeting, simply add your username on the same link, and we'll send you one.

We will be waiting for you all!

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@ARamadan-WMF: I plan to be there. Just a heads up that the hyperlink for subscribing to this newsletter is a redlink. I'd also suggest that Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) would be a better place to post updates for the app than my essay from Janurary. I keep it on my watchlist but I don't think a lot of people look for updates regarding the app to be there. I've been posting sections at Village Pump about this and the previous meeting for the app, so I'd figure it'd be a good idea to tell you about that hub if you weren't aware of it. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:24, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello Clovermoss:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

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There is a backlog of over 2500 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

October 2023 NPP backlog drive – Points award

The Reviewer Barnstar
This award is given to Clovermoss for collecting more than 50 points during the October 2023 NPP backlog drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to the drive! Hey man im josh (talk) 01:55, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, Delaware BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

  • Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
  • MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
  • England Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
  • MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
  • Delaware BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
  • Berkelland LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
  • MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
  • Ukraine Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

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WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge seventh anniversary

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This maple leaf is awarded to Clovermoss for creating and expanding articles related to St. Catharines, Ontario, during the seventh year of The 10,000 Challenge of WikiProject Canada. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Reidgreg (talk) 14:09, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Gegrah (12:38, 28 November 2023)

How many edits do I need to browse edits automatically? --Gegrah (talk) 12:38, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

@Gegrah Hi, I admit I'm a bit confused by your question. Could you give me more context on what you're trying to do? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:41, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
I would like to jump over the next level of Wikipedia creation. I would like to know how many edits is required. Gegrah (talk) 16:19, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
@Gegrah: I'm sorry but it's still somewhat unclear what exactly you're asking. There isn't really a "next level of Wikipedia creation". There's very few things on Wikipedia that require a certain amount of edits, these situations are explained at Wikipedia:User access levels#User groups.
If you're looking to learn basic editing skills, maybe you'd like to try Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure? It is like an interactive tutorial. I'll also leave a message on your talk page with other links you might find helpful. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:37, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) @Gegrah: are you referring to AutoWikiBrowser? HouseBlastertalk 04:23, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Autoreview of edits, maybe I wasn't precise enough earlier. Gegrah (talk) 09:00, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
@Gegrah The only edits that need to be formally reviewed by other editors are those that are under through pending changes protection. If that's the case for an article you're trying to edit, another editor with the permission will review your edit before it goes live. Any other page you edit will be live automatically, no one has to approve it although others might look at recent changes to articles that they're interested in. Is there a specific article you're trying to edit that you're confused about? Maybe there's some other kind of page protection involved preventing you from editing (like I explained in my initial response to you) or I'm still misunderstanding what you're actually trying to ask here. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:35, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Is it possible you're talking about creating an article? Those are reviewed by new page patrollers unless you are autopatrolled. That is a user permission that isn't really granted to brand new editors, you have to have created at least 25 articles that do not have issues before a request to grant it would be considered.
But apart from everything I've just said, those really are my best guesses for what you're trying to ask me. Feel free to clarify further if none are these are actually the answers you're looking for. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:40, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Really interesting project you're working on at User:Clovermoss/Editor reflections! Really valuable to gather perspectives. Eddie891 Talk Work 16:12, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
I came here to give a barnstar myself, so I'll just second this! It's really interesting to have all these reflections all together, and I think it will be a helpful resource for improving our understanding of the newcomer experience among folks who ultimately go on to become successful experienced editors. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk 18:41, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello

Hi, and nice meeting you recently. On the way back we stopped off at Niagara Falls (I had never seen the falls before, the Horseshoe could engulf 10 American falls and have room along the edge for the other one whose name escapes me). Have thought about doing a navbox about the Falls (at a leisurely pace) and wondering if you have either planned to do one or would check it out for accuracy and missing details. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk)

@Randy Kryn: It was nice to meet you and wbm1058. As for navboxes, I was actually thinking about making one for Niagara Falls, Ontario. I was thinking of making something like Template:St. Catharines. If you feel like taking a go at it, feel free to do so :) I can check for accuracy or we could just work on it together. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:40, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
@Randy Kryn: Bridal Veil Falls (Niagara Falls). You're right. I thought it was just part of the American Falls but it does have a separate name and identity. Nice to meet you too, Clovermoss. wbm1058 (talk) 21:12, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Wonder if that infobox should include the New York side as well. Kinda interesting transborder agglomeration. (also concur with others here; was nice to meet you in Toronto) Elli (talk | contribs) 21:16, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
@Elli That was one of the reasons I made my first template St. Catharines because I wasn't sure if a template for Niagara Falls should be city specific or cross international borders like the falls themselves. While I'm incredibly familiar with the Canadian side, I've never actually been to the American side. It's kind of funny because sometimes I chill out at Niagara Glen where I'll look across the river and say "there's New York" or I'll walk right up to the Rainbow Bridge just to look at the hilarious sign at the pedestrian crossing that says "Stairs to the USA". I do think the cities are different enough and have enough of their own history to each have their own separate template, maybe with a bit of overlap in regards to the waterfalls? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:47, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
there's certainly quite a bit of difference; the Canadian side is more touristy and well-off while the American side had more of an industrial economy and a decent amount of urban decline. Can certainly see a case for separate templates, but on the other hand, would a single merged template be too large? Not sure what would serve readers best. Elli (talk | contribs) 02:53, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
A single template could get pretty huge, especially once I get around to actually creating/improving a lot of the content about the Canadian side. As I say on my userpage, one of my longer-term goals. It's always kind of surprised me that a place as famous as Niagara Falls has such content gaps, but maybe I'm a bit biased there. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 03:00, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
It's surprised me a bit as well. Though I'm also somewhat biased of course. Elli (talk | contribs) 04:26, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Wonderfalls was a wonderful television series for the popular culture section, just the right mix of reality, human culture, and mysticism to capture my viewing habits. Yes, Clovermoss, the reason I asked if you planned a future template is because you have the knowledge and caring for such an endeavor. Please take the lead on this. The navbox I'd envisioned was solely about the actual Falls, which would include the Falls (with the Canadian side listed first, American second, and the Bridal Veil leftover - which would be the major attraction anywhere else - third), islands, river, the whirlpool, history, electrical use, attractions, popular culture (there are a couple nice articles on paintings), and the like, which would give a fairly mid-size template with an image of the Canadian side on the template. "See a quarter, pick it up". Thanks for the above thoughts and ideas. And it would probably mean you'd have to venture to the American side and its islands at least once to scout it out for the navbox (a grand reason to explore). Randy Kryn (talk) 12:15, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
@Randy Kryn: Hmm, maybe we could do the template equivalent of what's going on with Niagara Falls-related articles? There's Niagara Falls for the waterfalls themselves, Niagara Falls, Ontario, for the Canadian city and Niagara Falls, New York, for the American one. I've started Template:Niagara Falls for the waterfalls and related notable places/concepts. Then we could have seperate navboxes for the cities themselves? It's possible we could have it all in one giant navbox, I suppose. I plan to make all this a bit more useable but I need to take a break and I can only sit still at my computer for so long. I'll make the difference between shared, U.S-only, and Canada-only more distinct at some point. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:46, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
Nice work! I'll play with it a bit this morning (i.e. the paintings, and probably Horseshoe Falls should be first in the section by due weight - one strength of navboxes is they don't have to be alphabetical). Thanks, may the water continue to flow towards the sea. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:51, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

@Randy Kryn: I saw that you were busy improving the template while I was asleep! Thanks for doing that. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 07:42, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

You're very welcome. You created a very good foundation to work from, so my few additions were just catching up with some extra articles and a bit of rearranging. Nice work on expanding the entries. I was hoping there would be a page on that giant boulder sitting in between the American Falls and the Canadian side. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:00, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi again, I've been puttering around with the navbox and other Falls pages, and wanted to thank you again for turning my attention to the Wonderfalls series. Have been re-watching the episodes on youtube, still like it a lot and am newly impressed with the quality of its writing and storylines. At some point, probably after re-watching all 13 episodes, I'll add to its plot language. Happy holidays to you and yours. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:38, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
File:Follow Stairs to USA.jpg @Randy Kryn: This is the sign I was talking about earlier in the thread. I really do like it. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
A nice collection of 'things' make for an interesting sign. The image may be a good addition to the bridge page. Randy Kryn (talk) 09:56, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Added the image to the gallery at Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls). Randy Kryn (talk) 12:17, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Growth team newsletter #29

Welcome to the twenty-ninth newsletter from the Growth team! Help with translations

Community Conversations

The Growth team will host its first community conversation Monday, 4 December (19:00 - 20:30 UTC). The topic for this meeting will be Mentorship.

This first meeting language will be English, but we plan to host conversations in other languages, and about other topics. Please visit the conversation page on-wiki for the details on how to join. You can also watch the page, or suggest ideas for upcoming conversations there.

Impact Module

At the beginning of November 2023, the Growth team deployed the New Impact Module to all Wikipedias. We recently released a follow up improvement to how edit data was displayed based on editor feedback. [23]

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Editor reflections

Hey, I don't know what, if anything, you intend to do with the 'Editor reflections', but I just wanted to say it was a great idea, and nice to read other people's answers. :) Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 10:53, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

@DoubleGrazing I was mostly just curious about what people had to say and what we could learn as a community from the sum of our experiences :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:11, 2 December 2023 (UTC)
User:Clovermoss/Editor reflections Is Amazing!! So wonderful to get an insight into the WikiTravels of other fellow travelers as the circle expands. I'm glad you implemented such a gathering. Buster7 (talk) 15:56, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
After leaving the above, I wandered into the History pages of talk at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Editor Retention because I recalled your input many years ago. OMG! I may never leave! It takes me back to the beginning when I spent hours reading what other editors had to say. Even Now, when I tell people about WP I tell them that every article has a talk page that is most likely filled with discussion and verbosity (good and bad) and is worthy of a visit. Thanks also for placing it under the umbrella of the dormant Editor Retention Project. Hopefully it rekindles what was once a flourishing "Speakers Corner" talk page. In real life I'm not a joiner...except for WikiPedia. Buster7 (talk) 16:15, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
December songs
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Now I found time for the reflections, thank you for the idea! I'm not a native speaker, please see what you understand. I'd like a simpler way to link to a post, - could I set an anchor I can remember? I'm also not not sure what "ll" stands for in the question "Do you'll think ...". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:27, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt Are you talking about the question that says: Do you think you'll keep editing for the forseeable future? The you'll stands for you will. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:32, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
(for accessibility: please don't leave blank lines when indenting.) - I mean the question "Do you'll think you'll keep editing for the forseeable future?" I know what the second "ll" stands for but not the first ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:47, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
@Gerda Arendt: It seems like we're talking about the same question but someone has a typo somewhere. The original question is posed as I quoted it above. The first you'll would not make grammatical sense so it's no wonder you're confused. By the way, where did I leave a blank line in my response? I'm not seeing it and would like to make things as accessible as possible for others. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:02, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
The typo was in the preload. Elli (talk | contribs) 18:05, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for fixing, - I just couldn't see it anymore and thought I had been blind again. - Clovermoss, I fixed the extra line. - What do you think of making an index which you can sort by alphabet and year of joining, with links to the entries? Some user names are easy to remember and search for, but I'll never remember any without a vowel ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:16, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
@Gerda Arendt: You mentioned an index, are you thinking of something like this? ☆ Bri (talk) 18:06, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
That's something! - I thought of this. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:38, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
How about this? Only the link to my name works for now, but if you like it I will fix up the links. Links work now. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:01, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
looks great to me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:13, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
My story today is about Michael Robinson, - it's an honour to have known him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:47, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Feedback Your survey, as I guess, is great. It made many users and administrators to share their experiences. I would really appreciate your work, Clovermoss, for your brilliant work. Toadette (Happy holiday!) 18:49, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

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No target error

Hi Clovermoss. Don't worry about errors, there are always gnomes around looking to help. The error I fixed was of a no-target error rather than a CS1 message you won't be able to see this type of error message as it is off by default (something I'm working towards changing). They only relate to short form references ({{sfn}} or {{harv}}). You may want to turn them on if you are going to be editting this type of reference, the details of how to do so are here Category:Harv and Sfn template errors#Displaying error messages. If you ever have any questions about such things just drop me a note on my talk page. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 20:33, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

@ActivelyDisinterested I made a cs1 error, too. Check out my talk page history for the bot message. I was trying to reach out to you because you fixed another one of my mistakes and figured you might have some idea of where I was going wrong here, too. And then I messed up your username with someone else. Anyways, I will check out the displaying error messages thing for the possible sfn/harv errors. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:36, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
That was at Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs, while the error I fixed was at Jehovah's Witnesses so I was slightly confused.
The bot was actually confused, there was never a CS1 error. It stemmed from an error where you missed a closing ref tag (</ref>). This caused a chunk of the article to try and be a reference, which the bot couldn't understand. You fixed the error with this edit. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 20:42, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
@ActivelyDisinterested Okay, thanks for explaining that. I really was lost on what was going on there. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:45, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
Don't worry I've spent over two years solidly working at fixing such errors, and sometimes I'm still stumped. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 20:47, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Holiday Greetings

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. Always a pleasure to see your Gathering grow as editors respond. I would be glad to assist, down the line, with anything you might decide to do. ―Buster7 ☎

Happy Holidays!

Hello Clovermoss: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Patient Zerotalk 05:47, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

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FYI

I've proposed a post on https://wikis.world/@wikipedia about User:Clovermoss/Editor reflections — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 12:06, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@TheresNoTime: Is there some sort of deadline for that? I can try to write a better introduction before then. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Buster7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

Improving content within favored articles is a mainstay of WikiPedia editing. Niagara Region and the history of Jehovah's Witnesses articles have flourished under the watchful eye of Editor Clovermoss. A 5 year veteran of WP, she works to reduce systemic bias in her usual kind and friendly manner. A valued member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada, Wikipedia:WikiProject Ontario and Wikipedia:WikiProject Jehovah's Witnesses, she has almost 60% of her 20,000 edits to MainSpace. In late November of 2023 Clover bravely created an essay page, User:Clovermoss/Editor reflections, asking editors to share their WikiPedia experiences. To date many dozens of veteran editors have responded, creating a vast treasure chest of experiences and ideas that will serve WikiPedia with valuable reflections of editorial history. This nomination seconded by Novem Linguae and theleekycauldron

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster7 (talk) 16:46, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I appreciate the award. I admit I don't feel quite worthy of the "flourishing" label but I do try to improve stuff and it's nice to know people at least see my intentions there. Maybe I'll be a bit more confident someday? I tend to worry about a lot of things and I'd rather be too humble than arrogant. But I also try to not be my own worst critic. Life is hard, I'll figure it out someday. Hopefully. Anyways, I hope things are going well for you. An extra thanks to Novem Linguae and theleekycauldron and everyone who participated on my subpage. There's 100 people who are not me that wrote there. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:53, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
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