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Melinda S. Allen
Hi Stuart. Did you write this article yourself, or upload it on behalf of an editathon participant? Only it's a little strange – created under the wrong name, referred to Allen as "they", lots of minor typographical errors. – Joe (talk) 07:12, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- All the errors are my own. I was racing to finish it because a toddler came and demanded to be bounced on my knee, which makes editing more error-prone. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:52, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, well, please be careful. As you are autopatrolled, it's hit-and-miss whether anyone else will see your creations and correct any errors.
- Reviewing your recent creations, it looks like you're using some sort of template or semi-automated tool to create them? Did you go through any sort of approval process for that? It's consistently creating peculiar constructions like "archaeology academic" and referring to people with a known gender as "they". – Joe (talk) 09:15, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- User:Stuartyeates/sandbox/academicbio has been used for >100 biographies. Singular they is more widely used in New Zealand English, which these articles are written in, but I don't revert when other people 'correct' it. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:19, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- I've no problem with singular they, but as far as I'm aware it's not correct in any standard variety of English to use it to refer to a specific person with a known and definite gender. An exception might be when it is the preferred pronoun of a nonbinary person, but that isn't the case here. Would it be difficult to tweak your template to use the pronoun that the sources do?
- As I'm sure you're aware, semi-automated article creation tends to be controversial, in part because of how easy it is for quirks like this to creep in if they're not diligently checked by a human being. I'm wondering if it would be better for these to go through WP:NPP like normal articles, so they have a few more pairs of eyes on them. Would you object to that? – Joe (talk) 09:39, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- It's correct in New Zealand English. I'm a native speaker and can assure you of that. You've welcome to have my autopatrolled flag reset, someone else foisted it on my previously to avoid the predecessor to NPP filling up with my articles (that set were much more automated. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:51, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- I have to say I find that very surprising! I don't recall ever noticing any of my NZ friends do that and can't find any written evidence for it.
- Anyway, I'll go ahead and change your autopatrolled status, since you're okay with it. I don't think you're creating such a high frequency that it would cause problems for NPP any more, and peer review by a second pair of eyes never hurts. – Joe (talk) 11:18, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- It's correct in New Zealand English. I'm a native speaker and can assure you of that. You've welcome to have my autopatrolled flag reset, someone else foisted it on my previously to avoid the predecessor to NPP filling up with my articles (that set were much more automated. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:51, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
- User:Stuartyeates/sandbox/academicbio has been used for >100 biographies. Singular they is more widely used in New Zealand English, which these articles are written in, but I don't revert when other people 'correct' it. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:19, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
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New Zealand professor articles & pronoun use
Hi, after I tagged the above article for a speedy I noticed you're apparently working thru a list of NZ professors proposed at a meetup. However, and as noted on the page, while it says (with no evidence) all the women in the list meet the minimum Wikipedia criteria for inclusion it notes that it may be difficult to find enough sources/links that meet the rules to show it. In the article I tagged and the one on Penelope Brothers you haven't done much to show why they meet WP:GNG. I'm not saying they don't, mind you, just that there's no evidence of it in what you're posting or the links you're using. You have, for instance, in the article I tagged a university bio, her own website bio, and a passing mention in one article. Better sourcing is needed. I am also curious as to why you chose they/them pronouns when neither their own writings nor any of the other links you posted refer to them that way? Not a criticism, just wondering if there was something I was missing since the sources don't indicate their preference for agendered pronouns. JamesG5 (talk) 10:51, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
- Others have addressed the notability issue. The singular they is relatively common in New Zealand English. I use it extensively, but I don't edit war over it. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:06, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- I'm curious as to where notability was established? They might not fall under CSD, but from their resumes, many of them don't pass WP:NPROF and wouldn't pass AfD. Also, why not include more information than theses/educational history? They have awards/editorships/already listed in their linkedin pages that you're already linking. originalmesshow u doin that busta rhyme? 11:22, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- @Stuartyeates: Thanks for clarifying on the pronouns, it wasn't a complaint or criticism I just was unaware of that convention in NZ English so I was puzzled by it. @Originalmess: That was my thought, when the CSD was declined the comment made was that simply being a professor at a major university met the GNG but that didn't sound right. I could be wrong. JamesG5 (talk) 19:57, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- I'm working through a list of >200 of these people. I believe them to be notable. None of first 150 have been found to be not notable. If you believe some or all are not notable, I'd encourage you to put them up at AfD. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:23, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- That's a lot to slog thru, but I'm wondering why no one's challenged them based on WP:PROF since as far as I can tell neither of the 2 examples I looked at meet those well defined criteria, unless there's something missing I'm not seeing. It looks like this is simply an attempt to list every woman academic in New Zealand as being automatically notable simply for being a professor, something which doesn't meet WP:PROF or WP:GNG. Is there more to the career of the 2 ladies I've seen articles on so far that you haven't cited that would qualify them at WP:PROF? JamesG5 (talk) 02:05, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- It started as an attempt to create articles on every female professor in the country, but some of them didn't meet the criteria, in my opinion, so had to be skipped. Note that professor in New Zealand has different meaning than in the US. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:00, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, I see that, but again going by the criteria list at WP:PROF (which is for all academics no matter what you call them) what am I missing for the 2 I saw that qualifies? Not trying to be a jerk, just trying to follow. JamesG5 (talk) 10:43, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I think what Stuart meant by that was that in NZ (and other Commonwealth countries), the title professor is reserved for the highest academic rank, equivalent to a "full professor" in the US. They are therefore very likely to be meet one or more of PROF's criteria. He is not creating an article for every woman academic in New Zealand, most of whom would indeed not be notable.
- Penelope Brothers is clearly notable in my opinion, having written several highly cited papers [1]. Philippa Martin I'm not so sure about, but being a Senior Member of the IEEE might meet WP:PROF#C3. – Joe (talk) 15:22, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Yeah, I see that, but again going by the criteria list at WP:PROF (which is for all academics no matter what you call them) what am I missing for the 2 I saw that qualifies? Not trying to be a jerk, just trying to follow. JamesG5 (talk) 10:43, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- @Joe Roe: Yeah, tho as he noted himself above it WAS originally (and my comment was based on the original project page) an attempt to list all of them. You may well be right about Penelope, my concern was sourcing to prove it. With Philippa I don't see it but again, sourcing & explanation. :-) JamesG5 (talk) 17:33, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- This was never an attempt to cover all female New Zealand academics, it was a an attempt to cover all current female New Zealand professors. The few I have skipped are mainly in fields like Law where I couldn't find the sources. Stuartyeates (talk) 19:30, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi I just changed the use of the pronoun they to she on this article Rhema Vaithianathan before I noticed this discussion. I did this because it seemed very odd (to me as a Br English speaker) becuase we know what gender this person is. I wondered if there was a specific gender issue with the person and that maybe she had said somewhere that she prefers to be known as "they" but as on her AUT profil here "she" is used I presumed it was the choice of the article creator. I would tend to say that its use in a biography where there is no sourced clear desire by the subject to use they or a gender issue might be a little confusing for a lot of readers who will ask themselves (as I did) if this person's gender might be questioned and that this choice was in line with MOS:GENDERID. As there was nothing in the article or in the sources it was a WP:SURPRISE to me. --Dom from Paris (talk) 13:35, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
Ways to improve Rukmani Gounder
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Ways to improve Sally McCormick
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I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Thank you for creating this article. The article could benefit from having reliable, independent sources - not just her profiles and YouTube. Also, is there a specific reason why you were using "they" as her pronoun? I've changed it to "she" for now.
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SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 02:24, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- User:SkyGazer 512: Singular they is relatively popular in New Zealand English and I'm a huge fan. I use singular they a lot, but I don't edit war for it. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:44, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi sorry to butt in but I believe that your use of this pronoun in articles where the person's gender is known is confusing because as it say on Singular they ""While editors have increasingly moved to accepting singular they when used in a generic fashion, voters in the Word of the Year proceedings singled out its newer usage as an identifier for someone who may identify as non-binary in gender terms.". (my bolding). Your systematic use for new articles brings up the question each time "does this person identify themselves as non-binary in gender terms?" I really believe that despite the fact that you are a big fan your use is confusing and gives the impression that this person's gender is non binary. None of the sources use "they" I believe, so maybe it is not as popular as that in NZ. One of the main principles of editing BLP is caution as per WP:BLPSTYLE. There are now 3 different editors who have found your use of they confusing so maybe as per WP:SURPRISE it would be better to avoid its use when the gender is known? Dom from Paris (talk) 09:46, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Also you may actually be doing a disservice to these women by removing all means of identifying them as women apart from their first names (which are sometimes not easily identifiable as female names). The idea of women in red as far as I believe is to close the gender gap and create articles about notable women but if we remove from those articles gender identifiable pronouns are we not doing being counter productive? Just a thought...Dom from Paris (talk) 10:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- User:Domdeparis: these biographies are in Category:New Zealand women academics . I have not removed "all means of identifying them as women apart from their first names". Stuartyeates (talk) 19:54, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Sorry I should have been clearer, I meant in the text. Most casual readers probably don't even notice the categories, and those using a mobile device will not see them at all unless they switch to the desktop version. Unless I am mistaken something like 80% of Wikipedia users connect via a tablet or a phone. I have been here a while and I have to make a conscious effort to look at the categories. Dom from Paris (talk) 20:18, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- User:Domdeparis: You missed Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists on the talk page too? I believe in minimising gendered aspects of wikipedia articles. I respect that others have different points of view and priorities. Stuartyeates (talk) 20:31, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Sorry I should have been clearer, I meant in the text. Most casual readers probably don't even notice the categories, and those using a mobile device will not see them at all unless they switch to the desktop version. Unless I am mistaken something like 80% of Wikipedia users connect via a tablet or a phone. I have been here a while and I have to make a conscious effort to look at the categories. Dom from Paris (talk) 20:18, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- User:Domdeparis: these biographies are in Category:New Zealand women academics . I have not removed "all means of identifying them as women apart from their first names". Stuartyeates (talk) 19:54, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Also you may actually be doing a disservice to these women by removing all means of identifying them as women apart from their first names (which are sometimes not easily identifiable as female names). The idea of women in red as far as I believe is to close the gender gap and create articles about notable women but if we remove from those articles gender identifiable pronouns are we not doing being counter productive? Just a thought...Dom from Paris (talk) 10:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi sorry to butt in but I believe that your use of this pronoun in articles where the person's gender is known is confusing because as it say on Singular they ""While editors have increasingly moved to accepting singular they when used in a generic fashion, voters in the Word of the Year proceedings singled out its newer usage as an identifier for someone who may identify as non-binary in gender terms.". (my bolding). Your systematic use for new articles brings up the question each time "does this person identify themselves as non-binary in gender terms?" I really believe that despite the fact that you are a big fan your use is confusing and gives the impression that this person's gender is non binary. None of the sources use "they" I believe, so maybe it is not as popular as that in NZ. One of the main principles of editing BLP is caution as per WP:BLPSTYLE. There are now 3 different editors who have found your use of they confusing so maybe as per WP:SURPRISE it would be better to avoid its use when the gender is known? Dom from Paris (talk) 09:46, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- User:SkyGazer 512: Singular they is relatively popular in New Zealand English and I'm a huge fan. I use singular they a lot, but I don't edit war for it. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:44, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
with the exception of contributors I do not believe that most people visit the talk pages. If I am looking for information on something and not editing I never go to the talk page. We have to remember we are building an encyclopedia for all and not just for us the contributors hence the idea of least astonishment. Your personal choice of minimising gender in articles is just that, a personal choice, but it goes against this accepted manual of style. This use of they is not backed up by any sources and we are talking about a BLP article where we have to tread very carefully. It has already been pointed out by no less than 4 editors that your choice of wording gives the impression that this person may have a specific issue with gender and I believe that you should only use that pronoun when sources back up its use for a particular person. It should not be up to other editors to ensure that what you write complies with our MOS when it has been pointed out to you. Dom from Paris (talk) 21:32, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- Sorry, I didn't even notice that there was a discussion directly above here about this. :P But yeah - I don't have any major objections if you revert to using "they" again, but I personally would agree with Dom from Paris here. Dom from Paris worded it much better than I could - but to me it just seems confusing to use "they" and it would benefit the reader more if a gender identifiable pronoun were used instead, even if the "singular they" is popular in New Zealand.--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 13:03, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
- I have spent almost my entire life in New Zealand, and I believe I have a good understanding of how New Zealanders use English. The use of singular they for people whose gender is not known is common, and it seems to me to be appropriate to use it for people who prefer not to be referred to as he or she. I do find it jarring to see singular they used for people who are referred to as he or she in reliable sources and who have no known history of preferring that gendered terms not be used for them, and I think use of singular they in these circumstances is not at all common.-gadfium 19:44, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
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Ways to improve Sandhya Samarasinghe
Hi, I'm Vexations. Stuartyeates, thanks for creating Sandhya Samarasinghe!
I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Sorry, but I fail to see how Samarasinghe meets WP:PROF I am aware that notability issues have been raised for other articles you created on NZ academic, and you seem to have good arguments if favor of keeping the articles, even though they are not always immediately apparent to reviwers like myself. I have not been able to find any sources. Can you please clarify how Samarasinghe is notable?
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Use of they
Despite the numerous editors who have explained that your use of they instead of she is inappropriate you have continued to create articles using this divisive and confusing pronoun without any sources to back up its use such as Sandhya Samarasinghe. Please stop as this is becoming disruptive. Dom from Paris (talk) 05:49, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
- While I'm not a fan of 'they' in this context, as I said above, to call it disruptive is going too far. Stuartyeates, thank you for your work creating articles on female academics, and I'm sorry that this minor grammatical issue seems to be drawing more attention than your efforts to address the gender bias of Wikipedia's coverage.-gadfium 22:13, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
- I've pretty much switched to a pronoun-free approach now, see Shanthi Ameratunga. Stuartyeates (talk) 00:08, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- I am curious to know why you are doing this. First off you said youbuse it because it is common to use they in NZ and now you are trying to remove any pronoun. I understand why we should tend toward gender neutral language in non specific cases but why here? The whole idea of women in red is to improve the presence of women on Wikipedia and I think this is doing the opposite. As I said a lot of the given names are not obviously female and the categories are not visible to a lot of users and the talk pages are rarely consulted by most. Was this something this was discussed at a meeting because you started doing it in January? Dom from Paris (talk) 05:47, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- I've pretty much switched to a pronoun-free approach now, see Shanthi Ameratunga. Stuartyeates (talk) 00:08, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- (a) This is not a Women in Red thing. I've been working on systematic bias since before that group was founded. (b) I use gender non-specific language because their gender is irrelevant to their notability and the topic at hand. (c) A great many things were discussed at the Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Women in Science, but I don't recall pronouns being touched on. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- If gender is irrelevent to notability and the topic at hand why add her to 2 categories that are reserved for women? I believe that your motivations are good but I honestly think that by removing visible references to the person's gender you are actually reducing the impact on closing the gender gap. I am going to open a discussion on the WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force to which you belong to see if anyone else has an opinion, I may be barking up the wrong tree totally and I do believe that closing the gap is extremely important so rather than go round in circles here better to discuss it there with others if you wish to. cheers Dom from Paris (talk) 09:07, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
- (a) This is not a Women in Red thing. I've been working on systematic bias since before that group was founded. (b) I use gender non-specific language because their gender is irrelevant to their notability and the topic at hand. (c) A great many things were discussed at the Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington/Women in Science, but I don't recall pronouns being touched on. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:38, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, Stuart. First, thanks for creating articles about women. I do agree with Dom that it would be good if the articles said they were women. Yes, it may not be strictly relevant to their notability, but it is quite likely relevant to their lives, and these articles are supposed to be biographies, about them, not only about their work. In general when we write about a person, we try to write where they were born, where they grew up, where they went to school, whether they married or had children, include a picture of them, all the things that a biography really should cover, even though those things often don't directly impact the reason for their notability, just because these things were likely quite important to them, and a biography simply wouldn't be complete without them. In these cases, of course, these articles are short that I see you don't cover most of these details, you may well not know where Sandhya Samarasinghe was born or grew up, and finding a free licensed picture is hard. But presumably you know that she's a woman? And writing that is easy, not even a sentence, just changing a "they" to a "she" somewhere, and it adds a noticeable amount of information to the article, one noticeable step towards making that article complete. I mean, sure, others could follow your articles around and add that, but it takes even less space to type "she" than to type "they", and it conveys useful information. Could you, please? Thank you again. --GRuban (talk) 17:33, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Stuart, I'm adding my voice to the above. The issue isn't whether their gender is relevant to their notability. Their sex and gender matter to them and no doubt to most of their readers. Are you referring to men as "they" too? SarahSV (talk) 22:33, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
- After a very quick look, I see you used male pronouns in Kevin Tate, one of your creations. SarahSV (talk) 22:39, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
- Kevin Tate was created some time ago, and not as part of the current series of articles. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:20, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
- You created it in January 2018. SarahSV (talk) 00:32, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- I've created like a hundred articles since then.Stuartyeates (talk) 09:15, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- I would say it doesn't make things better if you wrote about men using "they" the problem is identical. If there are no sources to show the person identifies as non-binary or that their gender is not important to them there is no justifiable reason not to use gender specific pronouns. This is more than just a quirk but a real choice based on your personal beliefs. Wikipedia is a place to find information and not to impose a vision that is particularly marginal i.e. gender doesn't matter. Dom from Paris (talk) 09:57, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- Who was I imposing my vision on? I never changed anyone else's writing. I never said that anyone else should write in any particular style. I just started my articles in my own way and have since changed that way. Stuartyeates (talk) 10:26, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- Readers expect to find the essential information in biographies. Gender is an essential fact. You have chosen not to mention gender and as such are imposing this on the readers. Can you maybe explain why you are doing this because I'm having problems understanding. Up until January you used she, there has to be a reason. Dom from Paris (talk) 10:44, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- How have I 'chosen not to mention gender' when the article is in multiple cats that clearly mention gender? When I link to all the sources? Stuartyeates (talk) 10:51, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- As I have explained several times the cats are not visible to those using mobile versions of WP and IMHO a lot of users don't even know that categories exist and multiple categories are not obligatory. If someone decides by conviction that the gender of female academics is not important to their notability and removes the gender specific categories who is going to know that it wasn't just a mistake on your part to add this category for those called Toni or Lesley etc. When a reader looks up information on a subject they go to Wikipedia to avoid having to search in other sources because editors like you and I have done that for them. Why would they then click on the sources? That is the whole idea of an encyclopedia. It is a condensed version of a collection of sources that give the essential and important information that people are looking for and the gender of the person is important and essential to the person despite what you think. You still haven't explaned why you do not want to use gender specific pronouns? Dom from Paris (talk) 11:16, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- I said above: "I believe in minimising gendered aspects of wikipedia articles." That continues to be my position. I'm more than happy for you to put gendered pronouns everywhere you like, including articles I have written. I do not intend to debate this further, however. Stuartyeates (talk) 11:25, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- As I have explained several times the cats are not visible to those using mobile versions of WP and IMHO a lot of users don't even know that categories exist and multiple categories are not obligatory. If someone decides by conviction that the gender of female academics is not important to their notability and removes the gender specific categories who is going to know that it wasn't just a mistake on your part to add this category for those called Toni or Lesley etc. When a reader looks up information on a subject they go to Wikipedia to avoid having to search in other sources because editors like you and I have done that for them. Why would they then click on the sources? That is the whole idea of an encyclopedia. It is a condensed version of a collection of sources that give the essential and important information that people are looking for and the gender of the person is important and essential to the person despite what you think. You still haven't explaned why you do not want to use gender specific pronouns? Dom from Paris (talk) 11:16, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- How have I 'chosen not to mention gender' when the article is in multiple cats that clearly mention gender? When I link to all the sources? Stuartyeates (talk) 10:51, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- Readers expect to find the essential information in biographies. Gender is an essential fact. You have chosen not to mention gender and as such are imposing this on the readers. Can you maybe explain why you are doing this because I'm having problems understanding. Up until January you used she, there has to be a reason. Dom from Paris (talk) 10:44, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- Who was I imposing my vision on? I never changed anyone else's writing. I never said that anyone else should write in any particular style. I just started my articles in my own way and have since changed that way. Stuartyeates (talk) 10:26, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- I would say it doesn't make things better if you wrote about men using "they" the problem is identical. If there are no sources to show the person identifies as non-binary or that their gender is not important to them there is no justifiable reason not to use gender specific pronouns. This is more than just a quirk but a real choice based on your personal beliefs. Wikipedia is a place to find information and not to impose a vision that is particularly marginal i.e. gender doesn't matter. Dom from Paris (talk) 09:57, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- I've created like a hundred articles since then.Stuartyeates (talk) 09:15, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- You created it in January 2018. SarahSV (talk) 00:32, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
- Kevin Tate was created some time ago, and not as part of the current series of articles. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:20, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
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- Thanks User:Animalparty. Embarrassingly, both of these were created by me as part of the same project.
Use of "currently"
As per MOS:REALTIME please Absolute specifications of time are preferred to relative constructions using recently, currently, and so on, because the latter may go out of date.
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Please avoid using words such as "currently" as per MOS:REALTIME and alos please avoid using words such as "significant" as per WP:EDITORIALIZING you may consider $612k ohers may not. try and be precise I have added the year and the amount mentioned in the source. I would suggest that rather than concentrate on quantity you might work on quality first.
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Ways to improve Alison Rich
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I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. Please avoid editorialising you should try and stick to the information in the source. You wrote "Since at least 2014 Rich has held senior management positions in the department" without saying which department and the source only says that she was made acting dean until an appointment is made. Your use of the plural is not supported by the source and the vague "Since at least 2014" suggests that there were other positions not mentioned in the source. Please be more careful and stick to the information provided in the sources
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not mentioned in the target which could be confusing. It would have been useful to add something fiste in the taget as well. After a search it seems more appropriate to redirect to the new target
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- I'd heard on the grapevine that they were in the pipeline, but I hadn't seen them. Some great women on that list. Some, like Carmen Rupe I bet DNZB off the mark with. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:06, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
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Dory Reeves "ownerhsip"?
You've got "ownerhsip" in the body, and "ownership" in the infobox. I clicked all 4 links citing the sentence in the body, and couldn't find the title of the thesis. Could you check? Thanks! --GRuban (talk) 13:50, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hi User:GRuban. The title of the thesis is spelt wrong in the library catalog, the link is http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no%3A277167946 https://find.shef.ac.uk:443/SFD_VU2:SCOP_EVERYTHING:44SFD_ALMA_DS21185197860001441 The link in the infobox takes you there. I corrected the spelling in the infobox, because the infobox is sucked into wikidata where the I believe that the correct spelling will be more useful. Also by having both spellings in the article, it makes the article findable using either spelling. I will contact the uni and get them to fix the spelling. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:26, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
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You've been mentioned in the news along with some others
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/107975952/who-do-we-honour-and-who-decides - NealeFamily (talk) 00:12, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
- Yep, I saw this. Great that we're attracting more attention. There's a tweet about it at https://twitter.com/adzebill/status/1061001543770562560 Stuartyeates (talk) 01:19, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
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Notability issues again
You are creating more articles about academics that are seriously lacking in the necessary sourcing to show they meet WP:NACADEMIC. Please slow down take the time to correctly source the articles before creating another one. Those that are really poorly sourced I will move to draft space to allow you the time to do this rather than waste other editor's time in deletion discussions or doing the work for you. --Dom from Paris (talk) 10:12, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
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Dear Stuart Yeates,
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https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/about/staff/staff-cvs/Martha-Savage-CV-2018.PDF
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Just to keep you informed
Hi,
First of all thanks for your recent visit to article Aurat March. As such I was already aware of areas of improvement, and was working on it step by step, your review has helped in being more specific & thanks for the same.
- 1) I have already identified secondary sources as per Wikipedia help article.
- 2) Will take requisite care to keep context clear for those unfamiliar with the subject. Also will add translations of local language terms where those are missing, besides will be updating history of feminism in Pakistan in separate article.
- 3) Actually article had inline references only, but as a temporary measure was taken to google docs for reforming a bit & then brought back. Process of restoring inline refs is already in process.
I hope in coming few weeks most of your concerns would have been addressed. Thanks for your concerns & valuable time. Best wishes & regards
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Authority control
Kia ora Stuart, could you please note that authority control data (e.g. VIAF) are to be stored in Wikidata? Once there, the {{Authority control}} template automatically links to what's on Wikidata. Schwede66 23:42, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
- Hi User:Schwede66. I've been using {{Authority control}} since before Wikidata, there used to be a bot which transferred fields in {{Authority control}} to Wikidata in an automated fashion. Does that not still work? Stuartyeates (talk) 03:40, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
- Not that I'm aware of. I've shifted heaps of your authority control entries manually to Wikidata. That's why I thought I'd point this out to you. I've come across this before on other issues; there used to be a bot doing a perfectly sensible thing but it stopped at some point when the bot operator walked away. Schwede66 10:55, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry, User:Schwede66. The initial shift to wikidata involved bot work and I assumed that the bot kept working. My mistake. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:02, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
- No need to apologise; it's positively impossible to keep up with everything that's going on. Keep up your good work. Schwede66 23:54, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
- Sorry, User:Schwede66. The initial shift to wikidata involved bot work and I assumed that the bot kept working. My mistake. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:02, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
- Not that I'm aware of. I've shifted heaps of your authority control entries manually to Wikidata. That's why I thought I'd point this out to you. I've come across this before on other issues; there used to be a bot doing a perfectly sensible thing but it stopped at some point when the bot operator walked away. Schwede66 10:55, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
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Hi. I just reviewed the Janet Carter article. I did a bit of research in the hope of adding citations, and in the process discovered her work related to earthquakes aftershock anxiety. I am fascinated -- I live in Southern California, and I still have aftershock anxiety related to the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
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neurologist/neuroscientist
With respect to Elizabeth Franz (scientist): a neurologist is a physician . A neuroscientist is a person with a PhD, who may or may not be a physician. DGG ( talk ) 17:32, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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I do some assessment work in WOMSCI and I noticed that you produce a lot of articles of academics in New Zealand. That's great work! I also noticed that you use Kephir's Rater tool. I highly recommend switching to the updated fork by Evad37. It is much easier to use and has predictions by ORES. I would also appreciate it if you attempted to fill out some of the assessment values yourself. If you find that a little intimidating, I have prepared a (draft) guide. I recommend you skim through the official documentation as well. If you have any questions, Evad37 is away but I have used this tool for thousands of articles and I can likely answer them. Good luck and happy editing! Prometheus720 (talk) 17:09, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi Prometheus720. I have compiled a list of all female professors in New Zealand and am working my way through them. I'll take a look at the new rater. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:17, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
Upcoming Wellington events
Just a note to let you know about some things coming up in Wellington you might be interested in.
- Saturday 22 June: Wellington Meetup, the first in a series of regular informal meetups for Wellington Wikipedia editors, organised by organised by Einebillion (Victoria Leachman) and Ambrosia10 (Siobhan Leachman). 10:00–12:00, net-work space, National Library.
- Sunday 7 July: Archives New Zealand Edit-a-thon, 10:30–3:00, Archives New Zealand, 10 Mulgrave St. BYO laptop, nibbles provided. There'll be a mix of brand-new and experienced editors working on the amazing Archives resources.
- Saturday 6 July: another Wellington Meetup, same time and place – these will ideally run fortnightly. Mark your calendar.
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Ways to improve Nazimah Hamid
Hello, Stuartyeates,
Thanks for creating Nazimah Hamid! I edit here too, under the username Graeme Bartlett and it's nice to meet you :-)
I wanted to let you know that I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:-
Independent references are needed to prove the significance of this person. I am assuming that being a professor in New Zealand is significant (unlike in USA), but hopefully their work has been reviewed.
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A page you started (Post-docs) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Post-docs.
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I'm amazed that this didn't exist yet.
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re your article on Vissers - can you show that she meets the criteria in WP:ACADEMIC? Thanks. DS (talk) 15:30, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
- I believe that WP:ACADEMIC is met. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:12, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
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I changed the redirect Tāwhiri to Pittosporum tenuifolium, which lists this as a synonym, rather than Ixerba, which has the Māori name 'tāwari'. See also [2]. If tāwhiri can mean either, then perhaps we should make it a disambiguation page, and include tāwhiri karo as a name for Pittosporum cornifolium as well.-gadfium 05:25, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
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New Page Review newsletter November 2019
Hello Stuartyeates,
This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
- Getting the queue to 0
There are now 803 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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Our next newsletter will announce the winners of some really cool awards.
- Coordinator
Admin Barkeep49 has been officially invested as NPP/NPR coordinator by a unanimous consensus of the community. This is a complex role and he will need all the help he can get from other experienced reviewers.
- This month's refresher course
Paid editing is still causing headaches for even our most experienced reviewers: This official Wikipedia article will be an eye-opener to anyone who joined Wikipedia or obtained the NPR right since 2015. See The Hallmarks to know exactly what to look for and take time to examine all the sources.
- Tools
- It is now possible to select new pages by date range. This was requested by reviewers who want to patrol from the middle of the list.
- It is now also possible for accredited reviewers to put any article back into the New Pages Feed for re-review. The link is under 'Tools' in the side bar.
- Reviewer Feedback
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- Not only are New Page Reviewers the guardians of quality of new articles, they are also in a position to ensure that pages are being correctly tagged for deletion and maintenance and that new authors are not being bitten. This is an important feature of your work, especially while some routine tagging for deletion can still be carried out by non NPR holders and inexperienced users. Read about it at the Monitoring the system section in the tutorial. If you come across such editors doing good work, don't hesitate to encourage them to apply for NPR.
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Hi, hope you are doing well, this is my wiki links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canam_Consultants.. I got the message from your side about the awards evidence. And I was not updated any awards in this page. Yes, I add their membership lists. So I can find that link if they allow me the website link, then I can add here — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anuraj Sandhu (talk • contribs) 05:04, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019
- Reviewer of the Year
This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.
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Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
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| 1 | Rosguill (talk) | 47,395 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Onel5969 (talk) | 41,883 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | JTtheOG (talk) | 11,493 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Arthistorian1977 (talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | DannyS712 (talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Boleyn (talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Ymblanter (talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Cwmhiraeth (talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
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Primary sources
Hi Stuartyeates!
I'm a little confused by the tag you recently put on an article I was largely responsible for. I can see how BDM advertisements come under that heading, but newspaper reports are written by journalists and approved by editors. Doug butler (talk) 20:26, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm assuming that you're talking about C. A. Hornabrook, if not, ignore all this and give me the correct article. Newspaper articles are not necessarily written by professional editors and "From our Special Correspondent" and/or no name or initials is a sign that the subject may be the author. Stuartyeates (talk) 22:20, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
- I removed the template with the explanation 'Removed Template:Primary sources -- Most refs are newspaper articles, some newspaper BDM, WikiTree ref not a reliable source removed' Paul foord (talk) 03:19, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- Looking at Template:Primary sources I would regard the contemporaneous newspaper articles as primary, the obituaries can be both primary and secondary sources, primary for the death, secondary for the biographical details. Paul foord (talk) 03:30, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
So Who's Who and George E. Loyau's Notable South Australians (and similar peacock publications through history) are out? Doug butler (talk) 09:20, 8 January 2020 (UTC) I take that back. Reading Template:Primary sources it seems that the problem is proximity to the event, not personal connection to the protagonist/s. I can see how that is important in the broad overview of history, but not in the minutiae of buildings erected, dates of death and how a person was addressed. Doug butler (talk) 09:40, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
- It entirely depends on the work, the context, etc, etc. Works such as The Cyclopedia of New Zealand are now seen as vanity press, even though they appear to have been taken as gospel truth for many years by many parties. Stuartyeates (talk) 19:20, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
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Nomination of Edward Lewis (minister) for deletion
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Media story about NZ Wikipedians
Kia ora Stuart, just thought I'd let you know that Stuff is writing a story about NZers involved with Wikipedia. Would you be interested in talking to the reporter? If so, I'll send you her phone number by email. Cheers! MurielMary (talk) 21:18, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi MurielMary. Thanks for the offer, but I'm not at my best on the phone. Twitter and/or email is fine if they want to engage me like that but I'm not really a phone person. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:34, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Sure, no worries. Her name is Brittany and email address is brittany.deguara@stuff.co.nz. MurielMary (talk) 23:24, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Kia ora Stuart, Brittany is Wellington-based in case you are happy to catch up in person. Schwede66 23:48, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Sure, no worries. Her name is Brittany and email address is brittany.deguara@stuff.co.nz. MurielMary (talk) 23:24, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi MurielMary. Thanks for the offer, but I'm not at my best on the phone. Twitter and/or email is fine if they want to engage me like that but I'm not really a phone person. Stuartyeates (talk) 21:34, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
Correction - make that Brittney. Schwede66 00:54, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
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New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello Stuartyeates,
- Source Guide Discussion
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
- Redirects
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Well done!
I just read your twitter thread working through the U of Canty alumni category - great work, that's quite an achievement! MurielMary (talk) 12:06, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Big task! Schwede66 17:24, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks User:MurielMary and User:Schwede66, I'm at my best with a long list of relatively small editing tasks to work my way through. Stuartyeates (talk) 19:14, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, I enjoy working with lists too, they provide useful direction. How are you getting on with your work on women professors? I remember you had a goal of writing up all current NZ uni women professors? MurielMary (talk) 21:11, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Indeed. Lists are useful. Once you've got stuff in a list, it's easy to use that for Wikidata and also to create tables for Wikipedia. For example, this work list comes straight from my spreadsheet. Schwede66 23:34, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Yes, I enjoy working with lists too, they provide useful direction. How are you getting on with your work on women professors? I remember you had a goal of writing up all current NZ uni women professors? MurielMary (talk) 21:11, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks User:MurielMary and User:Schwede66, I'm at my best with a long list of relatively small editing tasks to work my way through. Stuartyeates (talk) 19:14, 3 May 2020 (UTC)
- User:MurielMary, my female professors stuff got written up at https://sciblogs.co.nz/guestwork/2019/12/20/15-years-of-editing-wikipedia/ / https://sciblogs.co.nz/guestwork/2019/12/19/what-to-put-in-a-wikipedia-biography-and-what-gets-left-out/ / https://sciblogs.co.nz/guestwork/2019/12/18/how-i-came-to-be-writing-wikipedia-biographies-for-female-new-zealand-professors/ Stuartyeates (talk) 01:42, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hello Stuartyeates and hope you're doing well.
You have Proposed Christian Delton Kacher for deletion, could you please take a look at this source, I think he meets #2 criteria of WP:MUSICBIO. Regards. MackVenus (talk) 21:51, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
- WP:MUSICBIO says "Musicians [...] may be notable if they meet at least one of the following criteria. [...] #2 Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart." Yes, they meet #2, but that isn't a free pass. I can literally find no independent coverage of any of their songs except in music databases. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:10, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, please consider removing the hoax tag. I'm not saying Gasiński's claims themselves are not a hoax.
I'm saying the article covers these claims, and the reaction to them, accurately.
Some things I added to the article: - long, translated quotes from the book (as only part of it is available online, and that's in Polish) - Gasiński's letter to the DA's office and to the media, which unlike the book it was quoted in is not copyrighted, so I put its full text in Wikisources - an article from what is the Polish "newspaper of record" (sadly) - "Gazeta Wyborcza". The article is critical of Gasiński but mentions his claims. - English translation of the sources everywhere I could (mostly machine translation, sometimes human translation of important fragments)
Periwinklewrinkles (talk) 01:05, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
- I lack a crucial skill to be able to evaluate the article properly, so I've posted at note at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Poland#Bogdan_Gasiński and hopefully a Polish speaker will be along soon to look at it. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:45, 17 June 2020 (UTC)