Latest comment: 6 years ago8 comments4 people in discussion
Hello,I want to know that how to show a new created post in a Latest Result stories,
For example-if I creates a news regarding Cricket then how to show it in "Category:Cricket" in latest story result.i hope you understand.(Mr.Mani Raj Paul (talk) 14:29, 2 January 2019 (UTC))Reply
<pi zero drops in on conversation> @Mr.Mani Raj Paul: Hi. Once you've written an article and submitted it for review, it needs to be reviewed in-depth by an authorized reviewer, and if it's published, then it appears in the lastest-story listings of various categories. See the first pillar at WN:PILLARS. --Pi zero (talk) 14:35, 2 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Hello Mr.Mani Raj Paul. What Pi zero said. Also at your talk page I proposed two changes which I think may be required for publication. Gryllida (talk) 22:19, 2 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
@Mr.Mani Raj Paul: One of the things it depends on is availability of reviewers (who are volunteers too, after all). I'm the most active reviewer on the project lately, and I happen to have had trouble fitting in review time for the past few days; usually, I'd like to think, I do better than this. --Pi zero (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
The review times should be about to drop drastically. I've recently returned from a long hiatus, but I've been limited in terms of when I can contribute because I've been awaiting a new laptop. Although I haven't physically laid my hands on it yet, it arrived today and I'll hopefully be getting back into reviewing. A word of caution: I'll be starting with selected reviews that look easier to me, because I need to get used to doing it again. But even so, by reducing the amount of stuff on the queue I should be able to help improve wait times greatly for all articles. BRS(Talk)(Contribs)16:59, 3 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
In my personal opinion reading the last section here and addressing it may improve the likelihood of publication. I would be glad to help. Currently I am a tad frustrated as it seems that this section was not read. Gryllida (talk) 22:01, 3 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 6 years ago8 comments3 people in discussion
I hope you can read French if you want to read the link, sorry, but I was wondering if it would be possible to create a system on this wikinews, like the French one, where brief, small articles are published seperately so we can report more events? Only a suggestion Source; [1]. Thanks, Qwerty number1 (talk) 15:35, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
Or, at least, did? Qwerty number1 (talk) 15:37, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
<dropping in on the conversation> We've done things like that (called "shorts") in the past, but have gradually found it doesn't work well for us. It doesn't teach the right skill set, at the same time it takes nearly as much effort to write properly as a minimal article and the review labor, by the time you add in the logistics of sets of the things, may actually be more than for a bunch of minimal articles. So we discourage shorts nowadays. --Pi zero (talk) 16:20, 20 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
I have got a first paragraph here (translated this time!)
According to Le Figaro newspaper, Congressman Jean Leal had planned a discreet meeting with about fifteen representatives of the movement this Wednesday afternoon to present a list with yellow waistcoats for the European elections in May.
Why: to present a list with yellow waistcoats for the European elections in May. (what is this list for?)
How: (presumably he made an annoumcement either via social media or in person, this is missing)
Where: (missing)
I guess it is pretty hard to write a brief that has the answers to all these questions. English Wikinews requires these answers, they are pretty hard to gather in full, and this is why writing briefs did not work out. Now I am trying to address this by encouraging early feedback from non-reviewers --Gryllida (talk) 09:27, 21 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
Yep, me yet again. This is not another suggestion, but an observation.
1)there are not many reviewers about
2)Gryllida; I like your idea about welcoming articles;
A) can I join, despite being quite new to this project?
B)Have you got any ideas for making for more widespread on Wikinews? Qwerty number1 (talk) 21:05, 21 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
1) I'm one of the reviewers. I think there is not many about because a lot of them become overwhelmed and this welcome-a-bit activity may help people become more confident with pre-review activities and more likely to succeed as a reviewer.
2) I'm glad you like it, I hope to find instant feedback more effective.
3) You are welcome to sign up at User:Gryllida/welcome a bit and I'll add you to the system. It is very new and may have bugs. Please report all bugs to me via talk page messages or by replying to emails!! If you do wish to give authors feedback, please
do this at their personal talk pages where it is easier for them to discover than the article talk page,
make your messages easy for them to handle and not overwhelming - they should contain one or two action items to do,
don't edit the article content for the first 24 hours after its creation or after their last edit,
make it clear that you are willing to help the author if they ask (in this case you can edit the article within the 24 hour period as well and make sure you let them know once you are done editing),
daily attacks at reading WN:PILLARS, WN:SG and WN:CG for the first week are recommended.
if you're not sure what to tell them or how to respond, ask at #wikinewslive connect
or at the water cooler and someone would be glad to assist you :)
Latest comment: 6 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Please your remove your "proposal to close this discussion." It's only about the content dispute on the crusader article. It belongs on that article's talk page. In its current location, it is disrupting the guideline proposal thread.
I support your right to refrain from participating in the guideline discussion if you don't want to, but not any action that artificially prevents other parties from participating, such as closing the discussion before the community has had a chance to see it.
If my proposal is really as meritless as you think, then you do not need to sabotage it. Darkfrog24 (talk) 04:20, 3 March 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for this request.
Unfortunately I believe that I have seen your described "I consider your proposed changes unnecessary, please review or publish the prior version. I will not seek a workaround, do it yourself, it is a wiki" approach more than once. Do you disagree with that? Gryllida (talk) 04:46, 3 March 2019 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 6 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
When a reviewer provides feedback, next to each actionable item there should be three buttons which effectively mean
"OK"
"I will do it"
"I would like to do it, but I need help"
When these buttons are pressed the user should be directed to enter a clarifying message (via a prompt). After entering it their comment should be added to the talk page for others to see it, so that they know who is working on this task. --Gryllida (talk) 00:37, 16 April 2019 (UTC)Reply
I find the Enterprisey's "reply link" script a bit helpful for this: link to it is in my edit summaries. It attaches to signatures, but could be modified to attach itself to any line at a talk page of an article, and to include these three templates.
Дмитрий, приветствую. Очень приятно, что вам понравилось вместе работать над статьей про олимпиаду. Рада помочь. Статья сама очень занимательная, здорово, что студенты занимаются практикой по такой нужной теме. А я раньше и не знала - первый раз слышу, хотя у меня родственники живут по всей стране. А особенно понравилась пунктуальность и полнота репортажа. :-) Если у Вас появятся какие-либо вопросы или предложения, обращайтесь в любое время. --Gryllida (talk) 00:58, 9 May 2019 (UTC)Reply
Wikinews recent additions 00:21, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
Latest comment: 6 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion
I was wondering if you had added the bot flag for the account which notifies users about recent additions? And if there could be a way it could be hidden from RC. 103.254.128.98 (talk) 02:46, 15 May 2019 (UTC)Reply
I've wondered whether to suggest applying for the bot flag. Technically, the bot hasn't even been cleared to run by the community, and according to WN:BOT any admin could block it if they choose. --Pi zero (talk) 03:08, 15 May 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thanks 103.254.128.98 (Acagastya?) and Pi zero. I would be happy to apply for the bot flag. Is there a link that adds a new section at WN:BOT with the same template as used by previous requests? (As a side note, please note that if the bot is misbehaving, its user page has instructions about how to disable it.) Gryllida (talk) 04:26, 15 May 2019 (UTC)Reply
Well, requests go in the last section of page WN:BOT, and there are a couple of examples there of suitable format. I don't see a template for the purpose. (This ought to be a perfect application for dialog; I need to get myself into a schedule where I do a bit of dialog work each day.)
Latest comment: 5 years ago11 comments4 people in discussion
Well, I'll be looking forward to nominating you for ArbCom, so I would be hoping to join the EleCom; while you are one of the nominees. Is that okay? Last year, I could not, I hope that isn't the case this year. •–•18:50, 9 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
Note that members of the election committee can't be endorsing candidates, which is what making a nomination would be. (Self-nomination is permitted, btw.) --Pi zero (talk) 00:57, 13 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
┌─────────────────────────────────┘ Hello. I would like to nominate you for ArbCom, if you’re willing to accept. I think you’ll be great in this role. --Green Giant (talk) 17:50, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Strictly speaking, of course, we haven't actually required nominees to confirm that accept nomination, when the nominator is a reliable witness who's testifying that they've agreed to stand. It's certainly desirable when possible, though. :-) --Pi zero (talk) 23:35, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the nomination and for linking it here. I have now accepted the nomination. It would be a great responsibility and I would be glad to participate. Gryllida (talk) 00:36, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 5 years ago11 comments4 people in discussion
Well, I'll be looking forward to nominating you for ArbCom, so I would be hoping to join the EleCom; while you are one of the nominees. Is that okay? Last year, I could not, I hope that isn't the case this year. •–•18:50, 9 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
Note that members of the election committee can't be endorsing candidates, which is what making a nomination would be. (Self-nomination is permitted, btw.) --Pi zero (talk) 00:57, 13 June 2019 (UTC)Reply
┌─────────────────────────────────┘ Hello. I would like to nominate you for ArbCom, if you’re willing to accept. I think you’ll be great in this role. --Green Giant (talk) 17:50, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Strictly speaking, of course, we haven't actually required nominees to confirm that accept nomination, when the nominator is a reliable witness who's testifying that they've agreed to stand. It's certainly desirable when possible, though. :-) --Pi zero (talk) 23:35, 1 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the nomination and for linking it here. I have now accepted the nomination. It would be a great responsibility and I would be glad to participate. Gryllida (talk) 00:36, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Wikinews recent additions 15:49, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
I was working on the transcript of an interview and on my machine, I am using Markdown for it. Etherpad on Wikimedia does not seem to be using Markdown extension, and that prevents from anyone else collaborating while preserving the Markdown syntax. Do you know of any solution? •–•22:00, 9 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Why did I not think of this? GitHub! It does not have RT, but I can track changes, which is what I needed. •–•06:33, 10 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Wikinews recent additions 10:15, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
Oh sorry, I'm now in the process of increasing the amount of information which is saved to a log file. If you notice anything else is missing, please let me know. Gryllida (talk) 20:43, 11 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Wikinews recent additions 10:42, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
wikilinks and language corrections needed, WhaaTF is helping I think, it looks much better now; demonstrated wikilinks at the talk page Gryllida (talk) 00:50, 18 July 2019 (UTC)Reply
Done: semi-protected (only autoconfirmed can edit); if you would like full protection (only sysops can edit), please let me know. Gryllida (talk) 05:47, 12 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
First paragraph MUST say the What, Who, Where, Why, When, How of the current event. In this article it says "March 10, two people confirmed with COVID-19 in Bangladesh". This is too old. It is not fresh enough to be considered news.
Instead, write "On March 23, Bangladesh authorities confirmed the second COVID-19 death in the country." or something similar. This is current.
As an illustration, please see this picture from inverted pyramid:
It is my personal belief that there is no age limit -- as young as children have a means and skills to read and write. Whether or not parent supervision is necessary, and if so then until what age, is different for different people and jurisdictions. Gryllida (talk) 09:40, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
@ICameHereForNews, Gryllida: It is worth keeping in mind that Wikinews is not censored. We don't sensationalize, but when explicit violence or sex is pertinent to the news, we'll publish words or pictures accordingly. What that means for a particular young person depends on the person; we had someone here at one time whom I knew to be in their pre-teens, once, but they were quite emotionally mature so it wasn't a problem. --Pi zero (talk) 11:00, 6 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
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Latest comment: 4 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
As a current Arb, would you be willing to stand for Arbcom again this year? If you don't wish to nominate yourself, I would be happy to nominate you. --Pi zero (talk) 16:54, 6 July 2020 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello Gryllida: thanks to you for writing. The interviewee Tairovich sent an email to: scoo (at) wn-reporters.org (In my country the email address is a fiscal address, together with your: personal phone and work phone). Collaborating in good faith. Affirming that the words and answers of the interviews are his. For my interviews I use various media, such as social networks, video calls, telephone, etc; due to the pandemic and the impossibility of transferring and meeting.
Hi Marinna. Thank you for your reply. The volunteers who read scoop will need to correspond with Tairovich. Could you please write to Tairovich and let him know that he may receive a reply from wn-reporters? Thank you. Gryllida (talk) 20:56, 22 March 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 9 months ago7 comments2 people in discussion
Hello. I’ve created a list of draft articles in userspace. Among them are these ones in your userspace. I don’t want to tag them for deletion or anything until you’ve had a look:
There’s no urgency but it’s just something that has been on my to-do list for years and I figured I might as well get the list going. Cheers. --Green Giant (talk) 00:37, 28 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hello, Green Giant. They're ok to go, as I have saved a local copy. Would you like me to delete them, or you would prefer to do it? Please let me know. Gryllida (talk) 02:10, 28 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thank you, Pi zero. It has been fun to work together with you, co-authors, reviewers, and people who made minor fixes. Also, with those who read, without any way to know who they are. Happy New Year! Look forward to the next years writing together. --Gryllida (talk) 20:57, 1 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hi. I've promoted you to Bureaucrat. Had to look back to my own promotion in 2013 to see what sort of notice had been been given to me on that occasion. There doesn't seem to be any tradition for crats similar to the mop-and-bucket for admins, tho. So: congratulations. :-) --Pi zero (talk) 14:47, 22 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thank you, Pi zero. Appreciate the nomination, and the notification. (I also was, and am, available on live chat -- in addition to the wiki -- for assistance and discussions.) Gryllida (talk) 00:18, 23 January 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 3 years ago5 comments2 people in discussion
...that you've been around recently.....Hi! It'd be great if we had more than 1 'Crat on this project. Your thoughts? There has been some voting at Requests for Permissions.--Bddpaux (talk) 02:25, 26 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Great! Maybe it's me, but I didn't see your vote anywhere? Do you think we have enough supporting votes to give me (and others) 'Crat privs?--Bddpaux (talk) 14:57, 27 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
I think it is fair to say all the bureaucrat votes have either reached 14 days or been long past that line. It would be a good idea to set a time limit for future nominations. Also I think it’s time to close Cspurrier's removal vote. --Green Giant (talk) 01:47, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Yep....it's been a while now. I think action is due. Historically, the adding of bits has been all over the map in terms of times. We should (soon, with some kind of consensus, of course) look at time limits or minimum times or something of that ilk. I recently closed an RfP that'd bubbled for over a year. Seems a wee bit silly to me.--Bddpaux (talk) 02:37, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Hi Gryllida. I was wondering if you'd be willing to stand for ArbCom this year? If you don't wish to nominate yourself, I would be happy to nominate you. •–•07:51, 29 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
OK. So there is probably a User List page or something, that gives me the buttons to press in order to make that happen??--Bddpaux (talk) 19:40, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Bddpaux: The additional rights are listed at Special:UserGroupRights. The main page you would use would be to change local rights at Special:UserRights. Enter the name of the user you want to change rights for. Tick or untick the relevant tick boxes, write the reason, and save. Then close the discussion and inform the user on their talk page. --Green Giant (talk) 20:01, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Even for OR.....it's a bit further out than I care for........but it was well sourced/documented and is a good addition to the project. Cheers!--Bddpaux (talk) 20:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.
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Latest comment: 2 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion
As a Bureaucrat, I know I can create/populate categories. I would like to create on focused on the Russia-Ukraine war. How can I do that??--Bddpaux (talk) 18:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from February 1 to April 30 to encourage more articles to be published per the outcome of a current proposal. The minimum requirements for article length will be one paragraph of at least a hundred words. At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! [24Cr][talk] 23:14, 31 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from July 4 to October 4 to enable more articles to be reviewed per the outcome of a current proposal. The freshness window is being extended to about five to seven days. At the end of the trial the window will continue to be at 5-7 days while we discuss whether to adopt the change permanently or not. Happy reviewing! [24Cr][talk] 17:36, 4 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
I had sent an email to BRS some time early December after the first message here, via Special:EmailUser, and got no response. Commented on the vote/discussion thing.
Perhaps we could come together and create a WhatsApp Jami or Tox group for all people who have some sort of privileges at Wikinews (doesn't matter which - reviewer, sysop, autoconfirmed etc)? That'd be useful in the case everyone involved actually commits to installing the instant messaging app on all their devices, and enabling notifications.
(I'm not sure how that'd be better than email, or wiki messages. Perhaps wiki messages do not generate a notification to people who do not log in to the site. I log in about once a week for example, as my Firefox is in Private Browsing by default. There was some time when it wasn't, but then I wouldn't go to the wiki site every day, as I had other things to do. But that -- 'it does not show notifications' -- is true about Jami and Tox as well; the only difference being that they have a tray icon and start on startup and auto-login, which the wiki doesn't. Hm.)
Is there a way to have a tray icon for the wiki on desktop, or an {Android, iOS, Maemo, Sailfish} app, that logs into the wiki automatically and shows a counter, and generates a notification, each time there is a new notification in Special:Notifications on any of the sister wikis? Gryllida (talk) 20:51, 3 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 years ago5 comments5 people in discussion
Dear Mr/Ms Administrator;
I have been trying to post a message in the Water cooler but it keeps preventing me from doing so as it would flag it as a spam. Please could you help me post the message there?
This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: cs-spam-simple News gen (talk) 11:22, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
@News gen: the automatically blocked edits contained words / phrases used by spammers / spambots on this wiki in the past. This DOES NOT mean you are a spammer; just that you tried to use similar character strings. I won’t list them but characters such as the AT symbol could be part of a spam email address for example. [24Cr][talk] 18:20, 12 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
Hi Bddpaux, I see now that you already did it. Apologies for my slow response, and many thanks for closing the deadmin request and actioning it.
For future reference: I would suggest to put link to the deadmin discussion into the summary box when performing the action of removing this user right. Then it may be clearer that the action is backed by the said discussion and consensus, and easier to locate the discussion if needed.
Latest comment: 9 months ago6 comments2 people in discussion
Hello Gryllida, I saw your mention of Ibot on IRC and decided to try it out. I like the idea, and things were working fine...until the "Copy/paste the headline and URL here" part. I pasted this (headline in one message, URL in the next), but Ibot was unresponsive. A second attempt produced the same results. Heavy Water (talk) 00:24, 5 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
lbot does not count the lines or identify which part is an URL or a title, sorry.
Note, I will try to fix this in a future release. How would you like it to be implemented? Would you suggest that lbot continues after two lines have been sent assuming one of them is an URL and another is the headline? Or perhaps write «When done please write "next"» reminder about a minute after the previous prompt? Gryllida (talk) 04:54, 6 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Ohh, I see. If the instructions included, say, "Put the URL in one line, then the headline in the next" the bot wouldn't have to actually determine which is a URL, and it (should) be foolproof. The reminder could also be helpful (I forgot). Heavy Water (talk) 05:16, 6 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
"PROMPT: At any time, please write 'next' to continue. Now, write 'next'." I think this is what confused me; "at any time" could mean only "Whenever you're ready, please write next on this step". Heavy Water (talk) 05:23, 6 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hi. I wanted to let you know the article you recently reviewed was at least partially AI generated. Given the author's name, it may have been ChatGPT. I do not know how your own iBot project compares or how it works. I do think it is something we will need to discuss in some forum. Cheers, SVTCobra06:12, 6 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 year ago4 comments2 people in discussion
I intend to take steps to de-admin someone (they are OK with it)... but for the life of me, I can't remember the actual steps needed to make that happen. I probably need to start at Wikinews:Administrators. I am uncertain if I have ever taken someone's keys away here before. Can you advise, please?--Bddpaux (talk) 20:39, 30 June 2023 (UTC)Reply
If I'm granted a bot flag it would be nice to know if the sxw-files are to be deleted or not. If they are deleted I will skip them. If they are to be kept I will fix them with my bot.
.sxw. Craig Spurrier said at the DR in the early years the Print Ed was written in LibreOffice, and "the open-source tools available for editing PDFs were few and had major limitations. Providing the SXW file was a way to provide an editable source file for it." Heavy Water (talk) 00:01, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Looks like this is not a proprietary format. Perhaps some contributors will find it useful as the print edition is allowed to be edited (please correct me if I'm wrong) while distributing in pdf format effectively makes the content read-only and means it is harder to make a derivative. I would be delighted to have these in docx format maybe these days but see no harm in keeping the old ones around. If this is the case, utilizing the bot to categorize them correctly would be nice. Gryllida (talk) 00:16, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
LibreOffice, for example, currently supports the editing of PDFs. (I should note all of these appear to have been created before LibreOffice was in 2010 — but it's thus obvious Cspurrier meant OpenOffice.) I agree there's no harm done by keeping them. Heavy Water (talk) 01:12, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Hi Gryllida! Yes the bot request need no further action. The SXW are not needed but I fixed most of them so I will not save much time if they are deleted. So if you do not feel comfortable deleting the files you can close the DR as keep. --MGA73 (talk) 13:51, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 9 months ago8 comments2 people in discussion
Hello, I am new to Wikinews. I see that you're an administrator who has last contributed in December, I've tried to contact more recent participants since last Wednesday but have not had any luck so far. The issue is that I see Wikinews is time-sensitive, and I would really appreciate for my first article to at least be reviewed before it is marked as stale and deleted. It's here and was submitted on Saturday, though I have been trying to line up a review for it since last Wednesday. Can you please review it – or if not, can you please approve Asheiou's RfP here as an admin so that they can have the opportunity to review it? Thank you, --Habst (talk) 16:06, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi @Gryllida, I have unfortunately not really had time for newswriting lately, though I am active on enwiki where I write primarily about athletics. Thanks for your offer -- I will keep that in mind when I have the motivation and time to write again. --Habst (talk) 11:56, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi @Habst I appreciate you getting back to me. I would like to ask you a few questions about how you write articles on the English Wikipedia.
Do you use visual editor or source editor?
Does it have a button to 'save and keep editing'?
Do you usually spend around 20-30 minutes a day writing or do you make little edits which take a shorter time?
In your personal time, do you read news about the 'Athletics' topic or do you only read encyclopedic materials?
How do you collaborate with other contributors? Do you use IRC live chat?
Do you program something related to your activity on English Wikipedia, or install advanced tools (those not enabled by default)? What are they?
2. It doesn't have a button to do that specifically AFAIK, but you can preview and keep editing, or you can save to a draft and then click edit again to keep editing.
3. Combination of both. I think long-form / prose writing is healthy but it unfortunately takes more time.
4. I read / listen to a lot of news sites and message boards.
5. I tried to start a Discord / Matrix group but it hasn't really taken off yet. So I mostly communicate on-wiki.
6. Yes to both questions. I use dozens of tools, too many to list. But you can see my scripts at w:User:Habst/common.js and at my user page.
In my scripts on enwiki or global (don't remember which) there is "instantSave", you might find it relevant to point 1 and 2, just (I didn't figure out how to switch to the old editor here on this wiki). I will check out your scripts thanks.
Can I ping you if there is a new draft about athletics here? Only athletics or any sport? Maybe it will be once or twice a year and your help would be very welcomed.
I know I'm requesting those closures earlier than two weeks after the self-noms, but I just saw a suggestion of an early close in one of them. George Ho (talk) 16:17, 3 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Nice to meet you. What are your favourite topics and regions?
A few points:
We had a "main reviewer" on duty usually, or a few,who could review anything. I was not one of them. I don't tolerate US politics or sports. I also usually,for last 10 years, unable to review anything that is not very short. My contribution was mainly elaborating how to improve a draft to make it more likely to pass a review. (Speaking in modern terms from water cooler, I was and am able to function as a pre-reviewer, but not as a full reviewer unless the story is in my focus area. My focus areas include Australia region, and science-and-technology topic.)
This year my activity reduced due to my personal circumstances.
I reviewed one draft this week and I will try to gradually increase my activity in the next several weeks.
Hope it helps and I am happy to help you further in case you have additional questions or suggestions.
@Gryllida Hi, you mentioned you are reasonably active on IRC. Where? I could ping you if there is a science/tech article (I might write on soon by the way) or a short article if we just quickly need an admin/reviewer, and if you are available you could help. It would be nice to not need to wait 3-4 weeks for anything to happen... Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:14, 25 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
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I was just probably being a bit ornery that day! Ha! That paragraph just hit me as having an odd tempo to it, really. Probably the name of the spacecraft itself.--Bddpaux (talk) 18:53, 3 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
3. To use the file in a wiki, copy this text into a page:
File:Art Outreach - Portrait Study Drawing by Igwe Imo miracle.jpgA portrait study drawing by Igwe Imo miracle during the Art Outreach organized by Creative Arts Solution Foundation curated by Olusola David, Ayibiowu on 8th May 2024. A visual arts students from Lagos City Senior College.Sabo, Yaba, Lagos.
6. To use the file in a wiki, copy this text into a page:
File:Art Outreach - Reptail Drawing by Balogun Abdullahi.jpgArt Outreach Reptail Drawing by Balogun Abdullahi during the Art Outreach organized by Creative Arts Solution Foundation curated by Olusola David, Ayibiowu on 8th May 2024. A science students
If you install sip (linphone home page has a 'sign up' link in page footer and app is free/libre/open source) you can call me to get immediate attention. Not even needed to talk just to make a buzz. This is breaking news and it needs quick attention. Gryllida (talk) 18:42, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
This VRTS who is presently handling the VRT doesn’t seem to understand the Approval from Lagos State Government that covers all the Art Outreach drawings that was submitted
I have sent a freely license letterhead from the Creative Arts Foundation.
Please, this is urgent, intervene in the license issue with vRT permission. Because l sent all the license documents and permission to use all the drawings. Till now the VRT is insisting on refusing the license of drwawings. What can I do? EduEditorsNG (talk) 06:29, 12 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
You need to contact the students and them to sign a document like this.
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I hereby affirm that I, name, am the creator of the attached drawings, and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.
I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.
I am aware that I always retain the copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
I appreciate your support. I will work on the Declarations of consent for all enquirers above that you sent to me. Please let me know if parental consent may or may not is required. EduEditorsNG (talk) 21:44, 13 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
From: Eniola Daniel.
To The : VRTS
Wikimedia Commons.
Dear/Madam,
Declaration of consent for all enquiries:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
I hereby affirm that I, Eniola Daniel l am the creator of the attached drawings,
and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.
I agree to publish the aboyve-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.
I am aware that I always retain the copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.