User talk:TimothyBlue
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If we have a difference of opinion, I'm open to discussing it if the issue is meaningful, significant and worth my time. I ignore comments containing hyperbole, profanity, nonsense, attacks, and attitudes/behaviors I personally find offensive; I also ignore ones that I don't think are worth the time to respond. If you do not like this, click here. I have very strong feelings about the importance of notability, policies and guidelines, sources and evidence. Best wishes from Los Angeles, // Timothy :: talk |
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Restored Incorrect Version[edit]
Yeah that's just what I thought, good thing that the edit history of both pages is available for anyone to see
The Bugle: Issue 216, April 2024[edit]
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Tech News: 2024-15[edit]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
- Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
- A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
- Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [1][2]
- Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [3]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [4][5]
- New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [6]
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Turkish coffee[edit]
It seems we both may be re-writing the History section at the same time. It would be a pity to duplicate efforts; would you like to collaborate? FYI it's in my sandbox: User:Ttocserp/sandboxTtocserp 01:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, but I should decline; you seem to be developing a well sourced history section which will improve the article. I requested page protection to deal with the IP issues and will continue to watch the page for problems. My main concern is nationalist editing by IPs/new accounts.
- Greetings and well wishes from Los Angeles, // Timothy :: talk 21:28, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter[edit]
Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Request[edit]
Could you please articulate within the ANI thread you started, the reasons why you believe my recent statements to another editor amounted to a personal attack?
Another editor has questioned your assessment, and I think it would assist in resolving the thread if you were to provide a response to their question Jack4576 (talk) 09:00, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- The diffs speak for themselves, experienced editors do not need any additional explanation. // Timothy :: talk 10:47, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- Might I suggest you have fallen into the trap of the ‘no true experienced editor’ fallacy Jack4576 (talk) 11:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
- I’m an experienced editor, and the other commenter I referred to is an experienced editor; neither of us view it as a personal attack. The diffs do not speak for themselves. They merely display the polite and appropriate way I tend to go about speaking uncomfortable truths about systemic racism. Jack4576 (talk) 11:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2024)[edit]
Hello, TimothyBlue. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fire safety • Jean Gabin Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Tech News: 2024-16[edit]
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Problems
- Between 2 April and 8 April, on wikis using Flagged Revisions, the "Reverted" tag was not applied to undone edits. In addition, page moves, protections and imports were not autoreviewed. This problem is now fixed. [7][8]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 April. It will be on all wikis from 18 April (calendar). [9][10]
- Default category sort keys will now affect categories added by templates placed in footnotes. Previously footnotes used the page title as the default sort key even if a different default sort key was specified (category-specific sort keys already worked). [11]
- A new variable
page_last_edit_age
will be added to abuse filters. It tells how many seconds ago the last edit to a page was made. [12]
Future changes
- Volunteer developers are kindly asked to update the code of their tools and features to handle temporary accounts. Learn more.
- Four database fields will be removed from database replicas (including Quarry). This affects only the
abuse_filter
andabuse_filter_history
tables. Some queries might need to be updated. [13]
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New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive[edit]
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Re:Editing other users comments[edit]
I overdid slightly here - sorry.
But I'm not breaking any rules - I have a different style of responding to comments in the discussion, which is not against the rules. For some reason you can't accept it and you only get outraged, and made our previours disscusion pointless. Szturnek¿? 20:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2024)[edit]
Hello, TimothyBlue. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Antarctic • Fire safety Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 April 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Tech News: 2024-17[edit]
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Recent changes
- Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [14]
- You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [15][16]
Future changes
- This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [17]
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Books & Bytes – Issue 62[edit]
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024
- IEEE and Haaretz now available
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- Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips
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Sir why did you delete this article[edit]
Sir I was working on this article but you deleted this article. I was providing source link in this article. Can discuss about this article please Xa45b (talk) 14:35, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
can we restart the discussion about this article "Reliance Global Corporate Security"[edit]
can we restart the discussion about this topic. I think article need a chance. can have found some important links related to this article Xa45b (talk) 14:49, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- You need to open a discussion on the talk page at Talk:Reliance Global Corporate Security. If a consensus of experienced editors (not single topic promotional editors) finds that the new sources you provide meet WP:V, WP:IS, WP:RS and meet WP:N notability requirements by addressing the subject (not something associated with the subject) 'directly and indepth; you will also need to convince the community that the subject is not a WP:CFORK unneeded content fork of the main article.
- As this was the result of a community discussion, this needs to happen before you remove the redirect. // Timothy :: talk 14:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Sir can discuss this topic in talk page of reliance Global Corporate Security[edit]
Sir can discuss this topic in talk page of reliance Global Corporate Security Xa45b (talk) 16:42, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Xa45b: The discussion is over and the article has been rejected.
- At this point the article has been reviewed multiple times in multiple forums with the same consensus. It does not meet Wikipedia's guidelines for notability, and I and others believe it to be a promotional article with spam references.
- Since you continue to disrupt Wikipedia with this, I have requested that the page be locked (protected) to prevent further disruption.
- You have also been spamming multiple talk pages with the same request. WP:FORUMSHOPPING is not allowed.
- If you choose to continue, you and the IPs associated with this account may be blocked. // Timothy :: talk 17:39, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Request for removing the delete tag from the article Bir Uttam Shaheed Samad School and College[edit]
Hello @TimothyBlue Sir,
This is a official paid work by the institution and I have made by the institution order and this article represents a college in bangladesh. It is not a fake article. If anyone has trouble to believe it then you can visit the official website of the college and you can also check the Bengali Wikipedia, the college also has an article in the Bengali Wikipedia. The institution offered me to make an English article of it. So I think It should not be deleted from wikipedia. This article is made with real sources.
Sir please take back the delete tag.
-Thank you Ahsan26 (talk) 05:49, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
What are outlines good for?[edit]
Timothy,
There seems to be ignorance and confusion at AfDs, and in general discussions, as to the purposes of outlines. Like, what they are for, how they are used, and so on. I'm trying to update the outline guideline and WikiProject page to address these problems and issues, and I'm reaching out to you to learn about your perceptions and attitudes toward outlines.
So, with that in mind, and out of curiosity...
Why did you create the Outline of the Israel–Hamas war?
- How do you think it will improve Wikipedia?
- How do you imagine Wikipedia users will make use of it?
How do you use outlines?
Why not just use categories instead?
If an editor said to you that readers can navigate just fine from the main article on a subject and that outlines are just redundant, what would your answer be?
What are the biggest problems that outines have?
What else do you think about outlines?
I look forward to your responses.
Sincerely, — The Transhumanist 06:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Great questions, I want to think on them for a bit to give a better reply, and I may answer the questions in parts, to help give better feedback.
- I was thinking about you recently, I have a simple Python script that gathers items in a cat name you have copied into your clipboard and formats them eg: *Name of article/n and outputs to the clipboard to easily paste into an article. I use Visual Studio Code to create articles, so this works well for me. I was going to add it to a git repo, if you would find this helpful I can send you the link. I have a few others, but they have to be customized for the job at hand atm. Fair warning, they work well, but I am definitely a hack not a pro :)
- Hope you are well, greetings from Los Angeles. // Timothy :: talk 08:35, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- That reminds me, another question is: Why do we need outlines when we have search? — The Transhumanist 23:52, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Fatih Yıldız[edit]
Thanks for your participation late in this debate. Unfortunately there wasn't enough input in total to close as anything other than 'no consensus' given the way the debate had gone. Just a heads-up in case you want to consider an immediate re-nomination based on your rationale, I explicitly noted in my close that it was with NPASR. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 05:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Your edit summary makes no sense[edit]
[18] editor was removing content, not adding it. The content is partly supported by the body though. (t · c) buidhe 23:14, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
War of Ceraja and Slatina[edit]
Whats the problem? Some call it a war some call it a battle, and actual document calls it a war instead of some news Prizrenali.berisha (talk) 09:11, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2024)[edit]
Hello, TimothyBlue. The article for improvement of the week is:
Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Pool (cue sports) • Antarctic Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 29 April 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • |
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Outline draft tracker[edit]
Hey,
Here's a page I created for tracking outline drafts, that shows the date of the latest edit for each.
Drafts that haven't been edited in 6 months get deleted from draft space. This list lets us see if any drafts are getting close to the 6-month danger date. Once an edit is made to an outline draft, the date for it in this list automatically updates.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Draft tracker.
I hope you find it useful.
Cheers, — The Transhumanist 08:09, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-18[edit]
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Recent changes
- The appearance of talk pages changed for the following wikis: Azerbaijani Wikipedia, Bengali Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, Persian Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Vietnamese Wikipedia. These wikis participated to a test, where 50% of users got the new design, for one year. As this test gave positive results, the new design is deployed on these wikis as the default design. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at all wikis in the coming weeks. [19]
- Seven new wikis have been created:
- You can now watch message groups/projects on Translatewiki.net. Initially, this feature will notify you of added or deleted messages in these groups. [27]
- Dark mode is now available on all wikis, on mobile web for logged-in users who opt into the advanced mode. This is the early release of the feature. Technical editors are invited to check for accessibility issues on wikis. See more detailed guidelines.
Problems
- Kartographer maps can use an alternative visual style without labels, by using
mapstyle="osm"
. This wasn't working in previews, creating the wrong impression that it wasn't supported. This has now been fixed. [28]
Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 30 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 May. It will be on all wikis from 2 May (calendar). [29][30]
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C[edit]
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List of articles in Dapoli[edit]
Hello! You said that you removed unsourced material on this article, but I created it and definitely linked two reliable Indian government sources. What's the problem? PolarClimates (talk) 16:16, 5 May 2024 (UTC)