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== Reflinks bug ==


==Page Curation newsletter - closing up!==
is caused by ] (the latest version). "Meld je aan of registreer je om een reactie te plaatsen!" is Dutch and means "Login or register to comment". {{fixed}} ] (]) 01:40, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey all :).


We're (very shortly) closing down this development cycle for Page Curation. It's genuinely been a pleasure to talk with you all and build software that is so close to my own heart, and also so effective. The current backlog is 9 days, and I've ''never'' seen it that low before.
== User page redirect ==


However! Closing up shop does ''not'' mean not making any improvements. First-off, this is your last chance to give us a poke about unresolved bugs or report new ones ]. If something's going wrong, we want to know about it :). Second, we'll hopefully be taking another pass over the software next year. If you've got ideas for features Page Curation doesn't currently have, stick them ].
Hey, Arcandam,I noticed your userpage redirects to an article with the same title as your username. I'm just notifying you that per ], user pages should not redirect to anything other than your talk page. Happy editing! ] (]) 05:11, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
:I think you've misread that sentence. Quote (emphasis mine): "User '''talk''' pages should not redirect to anything other than the talk page of another account controlled by the same user.". ] (]) 05:26, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
::{{facepalm}}, sorry for bothering you. Keep up your good work with correcting the citing mistakes. ] (]) 05:32, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
:::Thanks! ] (]) 05:41, 28 April 2012 (UTC)


Again, it's been an honour. Thanks :). ] (]) 12:19, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi, a few citations from ]:


==This is not a newsletter==
''If you prefer to put nothing here then you can redirect it to your user talk page for the convenience of other editors.''
].


Anyway. You're getting this note because you've participated in discussion and/or asked for updates to either the ] or ]. This isn't about either of those things, I'm afraid ;p. We've recently started working on yet another project: Echo, a notifications system to augment the watchlist. There's not much information at the moment, because we're still working out the scope and the concepts, but if you're interested in further updates you can sign up ].
''Details about yourself should not normally go in the main encyclopedia namespace (reserved for encyclopedia articles only), and encyclopedia articles should never link to any userspace pages.''


In addition, we'll be holding an ] session at on Wednesday, 14 November in #wikimedia-office - hope to see you all there :). I appreciate it's an annoying time for non-Europeans: if you're interested in chatting about the project but can't make it, give me a shout and I can set up another session if there's enough interest in one particular timezone or a skype call if there isn't. Thanks! ] (]) 10:46, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
''Inappropriate internal or external links that unexpectedly direct the reader to unreasonable locations or violate prohibitions on linking may also be removed or remedied by any user.''

''Creating a user page is optional. If you do not wish to put anything there, you can redirect it to your talk page, so that anyone visiting it will be sent there instead.''

Believe me, you should change the redirekt. --] (]) 17:52, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
:Why? ] (]) 19:12, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
::The most useful reason is that when I click on your username in your signature I'm looking to see information on you. Not only what you might have on your userpage, but your contributions / block log / etc. As it sits, I end up at the article and sit there for a moment going 'Uhh why do I not see user contributions in the toolbar?'. You're perfectly welcome to keep the link to the article, but the redirect is confusing. ] (]) 12:24, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
:::Ah, that is something I can understand. I think I have a solution but it means breaking the license; copying the content of the article. ] (]) 12:28, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
::::Hmm, historically I don't recall that kind of action having a favorable conclusion. ] I think is what people cite when that happens. You could probably get by with limited information from the article, but a full cut-and-paste wouldn't be warranted. If I had to choose between the redirect and this, I'd say keep the redirect. ] (]) 12:38, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
:::::Ok. For now I will keep the redirect. ] (]) 12:43, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
::::::Update: I tried it differently. I have used {{tl|userpage}} to avoid ] problems. ] (]) 03:26, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

== A barnstar for you! ==

{| style="background-color: #fdffe7; border: 1px solid #fceb92;"
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 3px 3px 0 3px; height: 1.5em;" | '''The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px;" | Good job reverting the vandalism ]! ] (]) <small> ''No talkback needed; I'll temporarily watch here.''</small> 01:16, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
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:Whoohoo! Thanks mate! ] (]) 01:17, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

== Putin ==

I was removing pov material. Misplaced Pages claims not to be a forum but your actions prove that it is a forum for idiots to speak rubbish. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 09:46, 5 May 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:The edits I reverted did not contain pov material. & . ] (]) 09:50, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes they did. Also the talk page is for discussion on the article. It's not a forum for nutters to type rubbish.

I guess you are one of the nutters who edit wikipedia and fill it with junk <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 10:02, 5 May 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:I have linked those two edits above. Which part of those edits contains ]? Another user (named Toddy1) has reverted the edits you are talking about. Check the . ] (]) 10:05, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

==New Pages update==
Hey {{PAGENAME}} :). A quick update on how things are going with the New Page Triage/New Pages Feed project. As ], the project is divided into two chunks: the "list view" (essentially an updated version of Special:NewPages) and the "article view", a view you'll be presented with when you open up individual articles that contains a toolbar with lots of options to interact with the page - patrolling it, adding maintenance tags, nominating it for deletion, so on.

On the list view front, we're pretty much done! We tried deploying it to enwiki, in line with our ] on Wednesday, but ran into bugs and had to reschedule - the same happened on Thursday :(. We've queued a new deployment for Monday PST, and hopefully that one will go better. If it does, the software will be ready to play around with and test by the following week! :).

On the article view front, the developers are doing some fantastic work designing the toolbar, which we're calling the "curation bar"; you can see a mockup ]. A stripped-down version of this should be ready to deploy fairly soon after the list view is; I'm afraid I don't have precise dates yet. When I have more info, or can unleash everyone to test the list view, I'll let you know :). As always, any questions to the ] or ]. Thanks! ] (]) 23:39, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

==New Page Triage prototype released==
Hey Arcandam! We've finally finished the NPT prototype and deployed it on enwiki. We'll be holding an office hours session on the 16th at 21:00 in #wikimedia-office to show it off, get feedback and plot future developments - hope to see you there! ] (]) 03:48, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

== Kanye West ==

Hi there. Since you're both established enough editors, I'll spare you the dramatic template and just let you know that you both are dancing on the edge of 3RR. The proper way to proceed is to have a discussion about the edit in question ''at Talk:Kanye West''. Get ''uninvolved third parties'' to weigh in, etc.. You both know how it should work, so do it please. Cheers, ] ] 23:45, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
:Thanks mate! As you can see I've tried to communicate, he just reverted, so he was editwarring according to ] and I am not. But please do not block him, I finally managed to get a conversation started, and he is willing to discuss it but he was busy working. ] (]) 23:50, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
::Actually, 3RR cares remarkabally little about who is communicating and who isn't. It's still an edit war. Good to see that you two are moving forward. ] ] 15:45, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
:::True. 3RR has its advantages and disadvantages. I think it will be quite a lot of work to fix all the problems we've discovered so far, for example the article ] is far from perfect. It seems like we slowly start to understand eachother. ] (]) 21:58, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

== Your post on my talk page ==

I was on a wikibreak but in any case don't want to get involved with the article right now. ] (]) 14:31, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
:Oh, no worries. He seems to have changed his opinion, . Yes, I know, different username, but it is the . ] (]) 22:02, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
::Glad to see all the help you are offering him. I like the bit about 'magic'. ] (]) 06:01, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

== Response ==

For the sake of that discussion page, I'll respond here. I asked around for comments to the AfD page from editors of music wikiprojects, particularly hip hop's wikiproject, so I'll hold off commenting there till then. Regarding , what do you mean by that? ] (]) 03:18, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:Well, I don't know how many accounts you have. So it is possible that you are correct. ] (]) 03:20, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

:: Only one... correct about what? ] (]) 03:21, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:::You claimed you wrote those articles in their entirety. ] (]) 03:23, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Don't think is more convenient? Our discussion under it seems to branch out a separate dispute. ] (]) 03:35, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:Feel free to add a header with the word "diversion" or "nonsense" above your own comments, but don't do that to mine. Did you read ]? ] (]) 03:37, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

:: Yes? ] (]) 03:44, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:::Good. ] (]) 03:48, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

:::: Then don't accuse me of canvassing. ] (]) 05:34, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:::::Well, maybe I wouldn't say "you are canvassing" if you didn't canvass. I remember a short while ago when you were not canvassing (or at least not that I was aware of!) and I did not accuse you of canvassing. But now I am aware you have been canvassing. And not just on this article. ] is another of your victims. I think I will need to spend some time looking into your contributions and figuring out what is going on. ] (]) 05:37, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

: Enlighten me. How did I do canvassing after you asked me whether I read WP:CANVASS? ] (]) 19:25, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:: Why are you being so hostile? ] (]) 19:27, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:::LOL. ^^ Projection ^^ ] (]) 19:31, 20 May 2012 (UTC) p.s. Dude, remember, we have a log of every edit you made. Anyone who wants to check who started with a hostile tone can check our contributions. If you don't remember anymore: go look it up.
:::: I know. I'm part of that "we". ] (]) 19:32, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
:::::Then please join my side instead of fighting against me. I have lots of experience, I can help you, and I am not too lazy to dig for sources. ] (]) 19:35, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
::: I think there's a bit of a language barrier here. When I called them "fine", the connotation was that your effort was. You were referring to how many, and in America that kind of sentiment is common to express. ] (]) 19:29, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

: I'll lay off the discussion for both articles, wait for others to comment. ] (]) 19:31, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
::Lay off nominating hip hop related articles please. And stop trying to be the self-appointed genre-police, you are not an expert on hiphop-related genres. And stop being impolite to others, including myself. And stop reverting constructive edits by other users with silly edit summaries. And look into the mirror; is it possible that you turned into that thing you set out to destroy: a ]? ] (]) 19:34, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

: I don't spend 95 percent of the time editing genres. You can learn something from me about hip hop. Not only I am involved in my local scene in New York, I took a class on hip hop in college and know plenty from using GoogleBooks to research hip hop history and culture. I've written and edited plenty of hip hop articles on WP, so please don't question my judgement here. I nominated "hip pop" for deletion, b/c it appeared to mirror the content of another article that was deleted, "pop rap". Let's agree to disagree on that article, but don't question my knowledge on any music, let alone hip hop. Thank you. ] (]) 19:41, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
::You took ''a class''? In ''college''? Amazing. Dude, I am impressed. Sorry, I think you just won the debate. I apologize for wasting your time with my inferior brain. ] (]) 19:42, 20 May 2012 (UTC) p.s. What can I learn from you about hip hop? p.p.s. I ate a donut once; I am an expert on anything related to the police. Do you want me to explain the ] to you?
:::Dan56 being a ]. ] (]) 20:05, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 10:46, 10 November 2012

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Page Curation newsletter - closing up!

Hey all :).

We're (very shortly) closing down this development cycle for Page Curation. It's genuinely been a pleasure to talk with you all and build software that is so close to my own heart, and also so effective. The current backlog is 9 days, and I've never seen it that low before.

However! Closing up shop does not mean not making any improvements. First-off, this is your last chance to give us a poke about unresolved bugs or report new ones on the talkpage. If something's going wrong, we want to know about it :). Second, we'll hopefully be taking another pass over the software next year. If you've got ideas for features Page Curation doesn't currently have, stick them here.

Again, it's been an honour. Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 12:19, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

This is not a newsletter

This is just a tribute.

Anyway. You're getting this note because you've participated in discussion and/or asked for updates to either the Article Feedback Tool or Page Curation. This isn't about either of those things, I'm afraid ;p. We've recently started working on yet another project: Echo, a notifications system to augment the watchlist. There's not much information at the moment, because we're still working out the scope and the concepts, but if you're interested in further updates you can sign up here.

In addition, we'll be holding an office hours session at 21:00 UTC on Wednesday, 14 November in #wikimedia-office - hope to see you all there :). I appreciate it's an annoying time for non-Europeans: if you're interested in chatting about the project but can't make it, give me a shout and I can set up another session if there's enough interest in one particular timezone or a skype call if there isn't. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 10:46, 10 November 2012 (UTC)