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Trophy edit

 
I, Pi zero, hereby award William S. Saturn this Wikinews Trophy for original reporting in 2020.

Hi, many thanks for helping! Happy New Year. --Gryllida (talk) 20:48, 1 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you all and Happy New Year! I have many new ideas for OR in 2021.--William S. Saturn (talk) 20:52, 1 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Re: 'welcome a bit' notifications edit

Hi William S. Saturn!

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  1. Approach their author at the article talk page (if they're experienced) or at their personal talk page (this is more suitable for newcomers, as this is where they notice new messages the soonest). Tell them two-three most important things they can do to improve the article, and offering your assistance. It helps to give them tips from content guide, style guide, and/or some important questions about the news event that they're reporting. Remind them to edit quickly to get it published within 2-3 days after the event, leaving some time for review to occur.
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Many thanks. --Gryllida (talk) 00:36, 23 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

Is it working? Gryllida (talk) 09:57, 5 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
Yes. Sorry for the delayed response. --William S. Saturn (talk) 21:24, 26 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

unsubscribed? edit

Hello! I unsubscribed everyone from 'welcome a bit', as I am not sure who is still interested. If you would like to continue receiving notifications, please visit Special:EmailUser/Gryllida and write "Re-subscribe for 'welcome a bit'" in the message body. Thanks!. -Gryllida (talk) 03:48, 7 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

?? edit

Haven't seen you around much lately.....you OK??-Bddpaux (talk) 17:13, 18 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes. I'm not as active online as I used to be. Maybe that will change.--William S. Saturn (talk) 20:40, 18 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
I hope so! We've had a bit of a revival around these parts!--Bddpaux (talk) 21:35, 18 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2021 edit

Hi William S. Saturn. 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.
•–• 07:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes. Thank you.--William S. Saturn (talk) 21:21, 30 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Award of Journalistic Magnificence edit

 
The Award of Journalistic Magnificence is given to writers who complete a substantive body of work or series of articles, primarily focused on matters of national and/or political significance for any given nation. This very overdue award is being given for the immensely interesting and well-written On the campaign trail series, which you’ve been contributing since 2008. Think you very much for this sustained effort and may you continue to do so well into the future. [24Cr][talk] 14:41, 29 November 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thank you. --William S. Saturn (talk) 19:26, 29 December 2021 (UTC)Reply





How we will see unregistered users edit

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18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Temporary change to article length edit

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] 23:07, 31 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Temporary change to freshness edit

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] 17:32, 4 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

? edit

Haven't seen you around much in recent days. You still with us?--Bddpaux (talk) 21:16, 6 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

I'm still around. For some reason I didn't receive any notification of messages here.--William S. Saturn (talk) 22:19, 16 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
I think you disabled talk page notifications in the Preferences settings. George Ho (talk) 07:21, 17 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your (in)activity as a reviewer edit

Hello again. As I see, your last review log was October 2016, almost seven years ago. Per WN:PEP, your lack of reviewer activity for two or more years would lead you to loss of your reviewer permission rights. Of course, you could've used the Easy Peer Review tool, whose actions aren't recorded in the Review log, within the past two years. If you also haven't used the gadget tool within the time frame, then a request that you no longer be a reviewer may more likely be possible. George Ho (talk) 11:25, 11 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

Administrator edit

You have voted on a few things this year.....but that's about it. Are you still interested in working as an Admin here?--Bddpaux (talk) 22:14, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

social media (cross-posted to all members of reviewer group) edit

Hi, Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous#social_media_for_reviewers_and_authors_and_developers may be of interest to you as a reviewer, thanks and regards, Gryllida (talk) 05:54, 12 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Requesting a review edit

Hi @William S. Saturn, you are one of the few remaining reviewers / administrators on Wikinews and I was wondering if you could help review my first article here: World Athletics Indoor Championships concludes in Glasgow with new world records and significant wins. I'd really appreciate a review, even if you are rusty, because there have been no new Wikinews articles in over two months. If you're not available, I was wondering if you could vote on or approve Asheiou's RfP here to increase the number of reviewers.

I'll send you an email ping as well because you mentioned above you weren't getting notifications from this talk page. Thank you, --Habst (talk) 18:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Reply