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Mass messenger request

Hello Bri, I'm requesting a message to be sent out to all members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards/Participants about to my proposal: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Awards#Splitting_topical_barnstars, thank you. Jerm (talk) 02:03, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

@Jerm: Not sure this is the right way to go forward with your proposal. Have you considered formatting an RfC and publicizing it through the means discussed here? Or other alternatives given at WP:Publicizing discussions? ☆ Bri (talk) 20:05, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Bri I didn't use RfC because it's a split proposal which RfC isn't supposed to be used for per WP:RFCNOT. Jerm (talk) 20:10, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Okay, I've sent notifications to related WikiProjects. Jerm (talk) 21:05, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for merger of Template:420Collaboration2017

Template:420Collaboration2017 has been nominated for merging with Template:420Collaboration2018. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 16:08, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:420Collaboration2019

Template:420Collaboration2019 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 16:08, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:420Collaboration2019template

Template:420Collaboration2019template has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 16:14, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:UWRC November 23, 2015 editathon

Template:UWRC November 23, 2015 editathon has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Nigej (talk) 11:16, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Denver LTA

I seem to be his new harassment target. See the section I added to WP:LTA/DENVER wizzito | say hello! 01:47, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Cyborgs

Hi Bri, please have a look at Talk:Distributed cognition#Cyborgs?. I removed your 2018 categorization after four people have questioned its relevance. Maybe you can help us figure out some better categories to place it in?

ANI discussion involving you

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is WP:Signpost team ignores NPOV. Thank you. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:06, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

Inclusion in Signpost News and notes

Hello Bri, I just wanted to thank you for including my article on netzpolitik.org in the newest Signpost issue. I was hoping to be informative to the larger Wikipedia community, and for that I can't imagine a better way than to be included in the Signpost. You might also be interested in a few more Belarussian articles that have since been published on the topic: 1, 2 and 3. All the best, Zarasophos (talk) 15:56, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Awesome, I didn't make the connection between the article author and the WP account name (though now I notice your domain posted at netzpolitik). It's good to say hello – did we perhaps meet in person at the Berlin Wikiconference in 2017? ☆ Bri (talk) 17:24, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Probably not, since I only started editing Wikipedia in 2018 and have only lived in Berlin briefly in summer 2019. But yes, indeed, good to say hello! I always read the Signpost anyway, but please feel free to let me know if there's any matter you think could profit from my attention. You know where you can find my mail.

And while I have your attention, let me quickly draw it toward a good old case of what I suspect to be COI editing at Kakuzi Limited, in itself rather limited but interesting, I think, because of the real-life backstory. @Smallbones: might also be interested - Zarasophos (talk) 23:01, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Signpost italics

Hi Bri, I reverted your edit adding italics to the Signpost's "From the Signpost team" feature because that broke the link. Feel free to tweak it, I'm fine with it being added if the link works afterwards. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 02:55, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Oh shoot, I should have tested it. Good revert. ☆ Bri (talk) 03:00, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:53, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

I’m so sorry I erroneously confused you

I made some syntax errors, please I know it’s an epistle and it is quite daunting to go through but please re-read this and you would see I have corrected and adjusted the syntax construct in order to achieve utmost clarity. when I re-read it, I could completely understand why you thought I was referring to you, please I wasn’t referring to you Bri, I’m so sorry about that oversight on my part, you are a stellar editor & I respect you, I’m sorry for the mix up. I was referencing to the possible UPE editor named Kaizenify and not you. Apologies Bri you are a rare gem. Celestina007 (talk) 23:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST

You're invited! NYC Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon! April 22nd!

Sure We Can and the Environment of New York City Task Force invite you to join us for: 2022 Earth Day Edit-a-thon 2pm - 4pm EST (April 22nd) online via Zoom and in person This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration, hosted by Brooklyn based recycling and community center Sure We Can, that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public! See this flyer for more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGr4FyuqEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

-- Environment of New York City Task Force

Signpost eligible voters list

Hi Bri! I was wondering if you could send over the list of eligible voters for an EiC selection process? I know it's somewhere in the archives but can't seem to find it. Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 01:51, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

@EpicPupper: Check out recent article authors. You will have to choose how recent you want to go with it; I did create a summary under the heading "List of unique contributor bylines, 2020-2022". ☆ Bri (talk) 01:57, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		420 Barnstar
		Presented in honor of contributions toward WikiProject Cannabis' 420 Collaboration. For article creation and organization of the 420 collab, and for stepping in with my DYK nom. Kingsif (talk) 00:00, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

• I've had some IRL good news, and other stuff, and have been using challenges to build up Wikipedia motivation again, so I didn't do as much in the collab this year as I would've liked (and didn't prioritise the DYK nom, despite wanting to get it through), but watching your dedicated updates has kept my faith in the project alive! Kingsif (talk) 00:00, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

@Kingsif: I really appreciate this recognition. Every year working on the 420 collab has been enjoyable and I'm glad you were part of it this time around. Sadly I also feel worn down by the DYK process lately and when I feel I'm not finding joy in an aspect of this volunteer activity I feel it's time to back off. The moving goalposts that resulted in five (!) proposed hooks and finally a demand to re-source the thing have just been unreasonable IMHO. ☆ Bri (talk) 04:02, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Ha, though I can't say five hooks seems excessive for me (I nommed this today), I agree that the change this, then that, then... response was not the productive kind of DYK review I'd like to see. Kingsif (talk) 04:07, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Congrats Kingsif, it looks like your "underwear" DYK sailed through. Looking forward to seeing it on the front page! ☆ Bri (talk) 14:50, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Haha, thank you! Kingsif (talk) 17:04, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

May 2022 Seattle meetup

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Notice

Hello Bri, one editor is paid editor writing about a movie and asking to hurry and review the entry because his client needs it due to upcoming premiere while his friend edit immediately after him and the first thing he do is asking to be a reviewer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:14F:83:85E5:0:0:0:1 (talk) 13:32, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

The creator of the draft has properly declared a COI here and here. I'll keep an eye on the draft but it's hard to make a presumption of COI stick in the case of any reviewers. Also the second editor you referenced has been around here for about as long as I have, they don't look like they are likely to be also paid. I'm not sure what makes you think they are connected to the creator? ☆ Bri (talk) 14:47, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm not saying that he is probaly get paid (although this could be the case), but I'm arguying: 1. There is curcumstancial evidence that he asked reviewing permission for this reason. 2. There is a highly probability that they know each other, this a prevalence practice in the Hebrew Wiki and in Israel altogether: "please help I need a favor" (maybe in the social media) and this is a good human practice, but a bad wikipedia one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:14F:1FE:BA90:0:0:5301:D77F (talk) 15:35, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Yeah I'm not going to go further with this; "they both probably speak Hebrew" is kind of an offensive thing to bring up as an accusation. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:00, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

This I didn't say and didn't mean. The movie deserve an entry and its written reasonably, but I'm guessing now Tomer is going to approve all the drafts of his colleagues from Hebrew Wiki, regardless their quality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:14F:81:B817:0:0:0:1 (talk) 19:45, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

New Page Review queue March 2022

Hello Bri,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 814 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 839 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

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DateCountdown

Hi Bri - I know you're on wikibreak, so no rush. Is there any reason why User:Bri/DateCountdown is hard-coded to use 23:49 as the time? Also, would you be opposed to changing the link on there to use ZoneStamp (OSS, hosted on Toolforge)? It uses Unix timestamps and I think this would work to generate a link: [[toolforge:zonestamp/]]. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 20:02, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

@EpicPupper: All I can tell you is that the editor who did extensive rewriting of the logic in that template left a terse comment when they added a link to an off-site time zone calculator with the 23:49 time included in the URL [1]. I suppose it didn't handle 00:00 correctly or it was ambiguous? I should note that that editor has not been interested in maintaining a relationship with The Signpost. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:49, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

@Bri: Noting that Headbomb has expressed their wish to continue working with The Signpost. Thank you for the information. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 17:25, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Staci Gruber

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Nomination of Axial Higgs boson for deletion

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Solaris current location

Would photos of Solaris moored in Yalikavak marina be of use? 88.248.180.214 (talk) 04:52, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes please upload to commons.wikimwdia.org, and the photo can be added to the article. But as for actually adding the location to the article text, that would probably be considered original research based on the photo alone.

Please note that reliable sources don't have to be online, only verifiable. So a notice in local media is OK even if print only. A harbormaster log should be acceptable as well. The source is less likely to be scrutinized or challenged for an uncontroversial statement such as moorage location. ☆ Bri (talk) 14:23, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Was it in your wathclist?

Found your this COIN thread from 2017. Recently I nominated a number of questionable Australian lottery related articles for deletion. In some of these AFD proceedings [2], [3] an editor's activity might interest you. Chirota (talk) 12:25, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Not in my watchlist, but not surprised someone else noticed. ☆ Bri (talk) 23:18, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

Extended content

New Page Review queue June 2022 Hello Bri, Backlog status At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May. Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size. In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month). While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month). Backlog drive A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded. TIP – New school articles Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable. Misc There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder: Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 11383 articles, as of 02:00, 3 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues. Reminders Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist. If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page. If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Notes MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:01, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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Return the removed candidates at Miss Supranational 2022

The delegates of some countries are removed just because they don't have the proper citations yet. You could've just put citation needed so that anyone that finds a link that is reliable enough to back the claims, can cite them here. Please bring them back, and I request access so that I may find and put the appropriate and reliable references for them. Bri

Thank you and regards. Jesteron27 (talk) 08:47, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

@Jesteron27: No problem, I will self revert. But I think they should be removed if sources aren't found after a reasonable time. What about 10 days? ☆ Bri (talk) 15:37, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Actually it looks like another editor already restored the deleted rows and added references [4] ☆ Bri (talk) 15:39, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Nomination of Felony Flats for deletion

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Concern regarding Draft:Quantum holography

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What does "fold large edit request" mean?

Hi Bri - I'm new to the world of wikipedia page editing. I saw on the page you were helping me with, you put "fold large edit request" for several sections. What does that mean? Thank you! Allyb1989 (talk) 17:52, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

I used the {{cot}} feature to put it in an collapsible text box. The text is there, but hidden until the reader clicks the box control. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:19, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Suspicious edit

I found an editor that restore sock puppet edits and many more restore deleted pages, is that suspicious? 123.253.235.8 (talk) 02:04, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

One question

Hello! Bri. I was wondering, would you like to request adminship? I'm just asking. Let me know what you think. Thanks. LikeRealTimes ^{I got you a message!📩} 05:45, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Been there, did that January 2016, thanks. ☆ Bri (talk) 18:11, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Anna Sueangam-iam

Hello! Bri. Can you please help me finish this draft, Draft:Anna Sueangam-iam. You can cite sources when needed and improve her status. Thanks! LikeRealTimes ^{I got you a message!📩} 04:46, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

New Page Review queue August 2022

Hello Bri,

Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

Coordination

MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.

Open letter to the WMF

The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.

TIP - Reviewing by subject

Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.

New reviewers

The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.

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NPP message

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Invitation

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Draft:Charles D. Stimson

I would be happy to have help with this entry. Would it be better to organize it around the family's lumber business? The family? FloridaArmy (talk) 07:51, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

It does seem that lumber was very much a family business starting with the father in Michigan. Have you seen this yet? I will look at the draft soon. ☆ Bri (talk) 14:09, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/News and notes

Do you know where the Milestones information hides for "in brief"? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 14:25, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

You mean like it appeared here? ☆ Bri (talk) 14:27, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Oh you mean where to find the actual milestones, not where to put the text. No I do not. Wikipedia:Milestones and Wikipedia:Multilingual statistics are marked historical. ☆ Bri (talk) 14:28, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

@Adam Cuerden: According to m:List of Wikipedias, Cherokee Wikipedia surpassed 1,000 recently. Not sure when, though. ☆ Bri (talk) 14:50, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Hebrew Wiki should have 1M users by next month. That’s pretty impressive considering that according to Hebrew language there are 9M speakers worldwide. ☆ Bri (talk) 15:01, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

I found Wikipedia:Milestone statistics, which gives dates. So a quick search for "August 2022"... If we missed July, you may want to add those in too. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 17:05, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Gallery for The Signpost

Well, there WAS a toast pic, but I can't find it anymore, so have substituted. And not with more "Free the Nipple" protests. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.1% of all FPs} 20:56, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hello, Bri,

Just wanted to let you know that this draft is due to be deleted soon. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:34, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for guidance. I have 1 Question

Citation ? Press release , google scholar article, book with isbn number and Autobiography is notable or note can i use these type citation if i dont found news articles of someone. Bijender dutta (talk) 19:10, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Please refer to WP:ABOUTSELF for the appropriateness of an autobiography. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:58, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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Miss earth 2022

I think south sudan is returning this yr. I see in youtube channel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerspedia (talk • contribs) 22:37, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

ecuador in miss earth 2022

someone add ecuador ,no confrmation by the miss earth page Gerspedia (talk) 07:04, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Gerspedia for the heads-up. For this and the other issue it's probably best to make a note on the article's talkpage, so everyone can see it. I will see the notes if they are on my watchlist, which includes Miss Earth 2022.

By the way the editor account that made that change was blocked as a sock. That seems to happen a lot in pageant pages. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:16, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

miss earth 2022 returner

romania is in the page of miss earth but i dont know the exact details but name is show in the page Gerspedia (talk) 14:15, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello Gerspedia, can you copy this to Talk:Miss Earth 2022 where more people can discuss? ☆ Bri (talk) 14:16, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

returner in miss earth 2022

miss romania name is aura dosoftei Gerspedia (talk) 14:26, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Same comment as last two times you posted here. The article talkpage is the right place to bring this up. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:57, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Wildfires

Please see my proposal to speedily rename Category:2022 North American wildfires etc Hugo999 (talk) 11:23, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Unblock request

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editor in good standing requests IPBE

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Granted for a year. I was tempted to just grant it indefinitely, but let's see if you still need it in late 2023. :) Happy editing and Signposting! Yamla (talk) 10:28, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

I seem to be affected by a rangeblock or something ... at a free wifi location where I was hoping to help put The Signpost to bed today. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:07, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Deprodding of Miss World Panamá 2022

I have removed the {{proposed deletion/dated}} tag from Miss World Panamá 2022, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think this article should be deleted, please do not add {{proposed deletion}} back to the page. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Thanks! 221.148.188.81 (talk) 04:54, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

Enhancing date-template parameters

I've written a sandbox version of {{Days Left}} that will accept a full date string in the unnamed parameter, instead of requiring separated parameters.

I'd like to teach your {{User:Bri/DateCountdown}} and {{User:Bri/Days Left Percent}} templates to handle date strings as well. (Fortunately {{age in days}}, which Days Left Percent uses, already supports them, so that makes it a lot simpler.) Once that's done, I can get rid of the separated values in {{Signpost/Deadline/core}} completely and just pass around YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM strings where needed.

Would you prefer I copy the templates somewhere else to update, and change what's called by {{Signpost/Deadline/core}}? Do you care if I just edit the code here in your userspace? I can provide updated code as Talk page messages for you to [review and possibly] apply, if that works better for you? FeRDNYC (talk) 06:36, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Google News Or Bing News

Hey Sir Help me. How many Google news article and bing news article are enough and helpfull for new article creation on Wikipedia. Bijender dutta (talk) 01:09, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Three is generally regarded the minimum number of reliable sources. The page Help:Your first article can help answer how to find good sources, and how to get started. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:13, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Notes

Thank you Bri — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bijender dutta (talk • contribs) 21:15, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank You Bri Last Question

Google News Or Bing News is a reliable source Yes or No? Basically i am user of google news app and somestimes breaking news from google news notifications comes in my phone. For more information on topic i comes here on wikipedia but no page i found on wikipedia thats the reason why i am asking you about Google News Or Bing News.and then can i create new article on those notifications who comes in my phone through Google News Or Bing News. Bijender dutta (talk) 21:18, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

"Sometimes" reliable. Depends on what they are quoting, and what it's used for. They usually keep the really bad news sources out, but you have to use some discretion. If you're not sure, a good first thing to check is the source's status at WP:RSPS.

One thing to keep in news is WP:NOTNEWS. Wikipedia doesn't need to be totally up-to-date with news, and it's probably better when it isn't. Just waiting at least a couple of days to let more reliable sources build up might be a better decision than jumping into a new article to keep up with breaking news. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:27, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Bri I am confused but i understand. Thank you for your guidance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bijender dutta (talk • contribs) 03:33, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Next issue/Opinion

Hey, Bri! Ladsgroup told me to ask you about this: Is it ready for a copyedit? Because it honestly looks done, and I'm happy to knock off another article to ready for our good EiC. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 05:55, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Well, that was quick. I made some mild edits - As you may know, I actually have an old account that hasn't edited since 2010, and another from a couple years before that when a harassment campaign made me switch to a pseudonym for a while, and we don't have a lot of the tools we had back then. Hell, back then your Commons login was different from your English Wikipedia login, although I think I was one of the last holdouts for keeping my Commons and En-wiki accounts seperate during the pseudonym-on-en-wiki period, because my Commons account has been consistent. I'm sure one could at least have a decent chance of finding those old accounts of mine with such analysis, but they're not exactly sockpuppets, since I didn't use both and - well, I don't imagine that many people remember it now after 12 years, but it used to be a pretty open secret. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 06:25, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

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Don't suppose you'd be up to copyediting this? Like to get things done ASAP. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600^th FP!} 20:57, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Sure. I had a quick look before you posted, nothing looked too far amiss. Tomorrow there will be time to give it a thorough copyedit and sign off. ☆ Bri (talk) 02:53, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

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Recent event template

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ITN recognition for National Ignition Facility

On 14 December 2022, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article National Ignition Facility, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:33, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

References

I added correct references in Lana Rhoades near informations regarding her divorced husband but you removed: I want understund your reason Staiolone (talk) 22:00, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

We have a very high standard for sources in Biographies of living persons. The sites you added, distractify.com and starsunfolded.com, didn't seem to meet that standard. The latter site is listed as "generally unreliable" at WP:RSPS, in fact. Also, the formatting was irregular; it could have been fixed but just undoing your edit was my choice because of the first issue. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Category:Neko Case songs has been nominated for deletion

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Happybluemo (talk) 08:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

@Happybluemo: I subst-ed the template for you. Thanks! Now where did I put the wiki applesauce? ☆ Bri (talk) 17:12, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Keep?

Hi Bri, does your comment here accompany a vote? Seems you had in your edit summary? ɱ (talk) 05:41, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Ha, you got me there. I fixed it. ☆ Bri (talk) 06:03, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Peeking at the next SP issue

Re your I Don't Wanna Dance with Somebody's Wikipedia Page comment, a little more at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film/Archive_77#Mildly_interesting. Perhaps time for a listicle? List of films that has been compared to Wikipedia articles. Happy new year! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:45, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip; I'll see if I can work those into The Signpost's text as well. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:59, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

SignPost draft

Hi, thank you for reaching out previously about the SignPost article. I realize I'm a little past the deadline, but I was able to get something drafted. I think one of my colleagues is looking it over really quickly, too. Please let me know if there's anything else you need from me, or any other way I can help! Thanks again for all your support and help. JamieF (talk) 23:21, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.