Michael.C.Wright

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PGP??

What is this PGP key business??--Bddpaux (talk) 18:58, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

PGP is encryption software.[1] Individuals can use my PGP key to encrypt messages to me. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 19:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

It can also be used to verify identity, sign messages, etc. Unfortunately, it isn't very user friendly, so it never got the broad acceptance it should have. I've used it in some form or fashion for almost 30 years. I used to carry a copy on a 3.5" floppy. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 21:48, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Article???

Palestinians article close to publish or review??? Thnx 64.39.81.54 (talk) 21:25, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Are you referring to the article titled "12 Palestinians, possibly more, drown trying to get aid parcels dropped into the sea?" If so, work is being done on it to get it ready for review. I'm not a reviewer, so I can only help get it ready prior to someone else reviewing it. You are also welcome to contribute to it. BigKrow started the article and is currently the main contributor. You might check in with him to see how you can work together. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 21:31, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

The IP is me Michael sorry for confusing BigKrow (talk) 21:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Ahhh. I thought the three question marks (???) looked familiar.

Whenever you feel it's ready for review, feel free to re-submit it. I just wanted to get some of the basic stuff ironed out before a reviewer maybe rejected it. The orange banner and [Not Ready] can be a de-motivator. ;) Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 23:13, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

In your opinion do you think it's ready? I'm not sure and I hope it doesn't go stale, lately my articles have been doing better. 64.39.81.54 (talk) 00:36, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

I think it could be published as is. It exceeds the minimal amount of three sentences. If it were me, I'd expand it more. The CNN article presents three points of view that you could write about: Hamas would like the airdrops stopped, humanitarian bodies assert that Israel is using starvation as a weapon, and a US official says the amount of aid arriving by land is increasing. Both articles mention that the airdrops are located in a way that makes it more likely they'll land in the water.

This might be an odd way to look at it; but I'd personally expand the article at least enough so that the sections from "Have an opinion?" and lower all fall below the image on the left. That makes the article look better/fuller in my opinion.

The nonexistent category:Gaza should also either be created or removed from the article. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:19, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

FYI, there's already a Category:Gaza Strip. Heavy Water (talk) 14:57, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Copyrighted

I thought they looked suspicious just saying. BigKrow (talk) 01:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah. They all look suspicious. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 01:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

If you don't like suspicious, revert to remove copyright violations by editing and not copy-pasting the news, but "Amber Alert cancelled after B.C. infant" and "Rare 4.8 earthquake hits New Jersey and New York" does not like the copyright violations on news, such as the websites that copy-pasted edits, is not suspicious but it's normal. Yay. 199.212.250.163 (talk) 15:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Michael

How's my article looking so far? Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 20:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright im going offline for now talk soon. BigKrow (talk) 20:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Which article? Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 18:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bargi_plant_in_central_Italy_felt_with_explosion BigKrow (talk) 21:09, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Without digging too deeply into it, I can see there are two broken (red) links. There are line-breaks or carriage returns in the middle of the first and third sentences. Remember also to attribute all images using {{image}} and to describe the image with a full sentence, and mention it's a file image if it pre-dates the story. Those things should be corrected before a reviewer gets to it (to save their time).

If it were me, I'd also expand it with some background. Also, the article states "At least three people were killed and four other bodies are missing..." That implies we know four people are dead (four bodies), but we don't, as of today.[2] You could improve that sentence by saying: "At least three people were killed and four others are missing..." Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 23:49, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

No copyvio in three pages "Solar eclipse of April 8 2024", "Bing Outage of 2024", and "List of Bing outages"

Edits with major words don't use vandalism, spam, MathPoints, or copyvios in this page anymore. Editing with vandalism, spam, Mathpoints, or copyvios again may cause the account or IP being blocked with an expiration time of 7 days. No copyvios, Mathpoints, spam, or vandalism in 3 pages like "Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024", "Bing Outage of 2024", and "List of Bing outages". 199.212.250.163 (talk) 17:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism/Out-of-scope in one page "Flooding in Kitchener, Ontario occurs when Grand River is flooded"

Edits with major words don't use vandalism (again) or out-of-scopes in this page anymore. Editing with vandalism or out-of-scopes again may cause the account or IP being blocked with an expiration time of 7 days. No vandalism or out-of-scopes in 1 page like "Flooding in Kitchener, Ontario occurs when Grand River is flooded". 199.212.250.163 (talk) 17:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

New article

I submitted a new article. BigKrow (talk) 02:10, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I responded in the article talk page. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:49, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

When there's a long string of edits that need to be reverted

Like here, instead of reverting them one by one, you can go back to the diff immediately before the first edit, like Special:Diff/4776306, click the edit tab, and then save. That reverts everything afterwards and is a lot faster. Also, you can warn disruptive users if you want, but there's no requirement to on this project. Thanks for your work both on countervandalism and evaluating submissions, it is really helpful. Heavy Water (talk) 14:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I figured there had to be a better way of doing that. Thanks for the tip and the kind words. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:30, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

My word!

This is horribly past due!

This award is presented to new reporters who have started 10 or fewer news articles.

---Bddpaux (talk) 15:54, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! You know the interns routinely get pizza on Fridays, right? Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

And: if only for your perseverance, a Cool Cat award!

You deserve this!

You deserve this, you Cool Cat!

---Bddpaux (talk) 16:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey BigKrow

@BigKrow, I was going to leave this message on your talk page, but there's some wonkiness with it. Your talk page is being redirected to a template. Was that vandalism?

The message is this: you don't have to delete the whole article Clear message after bomb threats three Tucson, Arizona area schools if you want to continue working on it. Just remove or completely change the last sentence and move on. Mistakes happen.

Let me know if you need help fixing your talk page.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 02:06, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright It still needs a lot of work but, I hopefully got rid of the Copyvios??? Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 02:18, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 02:21, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Replace from tasks to revise with two sources and styles

Replace from tasks to revise with two sources and styles in "Cambridge Spa is raided" page. 2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:E16F:1BC:E317:D8D9 (talk) 19:46, 18 April 2024 (UTC)