User talk:Wesoree/Archive 2
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Help on article creation and merging
I was expanding a bunch of stub level articles when I came across this group of lakes: Chambers Lake (New York), Woodhull Lake (New York), First Lake (Bisby Lakes, New York), Second Lake (Bisby Lakes, New York), and Third Lake (Bisby Lakes, New York). I think it would be best if these articles would be combined into a greater "Bisby Lakes" article. I'm kind of lost on this though. I know how to create the article, but not sure how to properly merge the original articles into the new article. I've started to create a draft Draft:Bisby Lakes if that helps. Thanks in advance!
Cheers ^_^ NomzEditingWikis (talk) 21:23, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
- You should read WP:PROMERGE, which provides enough help. I've done merging before, but usually in my userspace. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 13:11, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Otherwise, did the article look fine? NomzEditingWikis (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- @NomzEditingWikis it looks fine to me. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 15:04, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- I helped redirect all the pages Nagol0929 (talk) 12:10, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- thanks @Nagol0929 for the help. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 12:23, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- I helped redirect all the pages Nagol0929 (talk) 12:10, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
- @NomzEditingWikis it looks fine to me. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 15:04, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- Otherwise, did the article look fine? NomzEditingWikis (talk) 15:03, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
Hermes(Marvel Comics)
Hello Wesoree. Caduceus has no powers in mythology and even in Marvel. No one has ever said that the caduceus controls beings or turns objects to gold. Also since he is a psychopomp he does not need his staff to conduct ghosts/spirits. 5.203.209.215 (talk) 13:02, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- Ok but include it in the edit summary, to avoid friendly fire. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 13:03, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
Help
Hello Again Wesoree. Can you help add more informations on zuijin from Japanese mythology because they are other informations on them that they are not added in Wikipedia 2A02:1388:14E:F0D3:0:0:3D4D:5EFE (talk) 13:08, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- sure, after I deal with some long term abuse. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 13:09, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- What do you mean please? 2A02:1388:14E:F0D3:0:0:3D4D:5EFE (talk) 13:10, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- I'm currently dealing with a bunch of socks who are currently vandalising some wiki pages. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 13:11, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- OK when you finish send me pm please 2A02:1388:14E:F0D3:0:0:3D4D:5EFE (talk) 14:07, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- no problemo! -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 14:26, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- OK when you finish send me pm please 2A02:1388:14E:F0D3:0:0:3D4D:5EFE (talk) 14:07, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- I'm currently dealing with a bunch of socks who are currently vandalising some wiki pages. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 13:11, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
- What do you mean please? 2A02:1388:14E:F0D3:0:0:3D4D:5EFE (talk) 13:10, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 May 2023
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Opposing scholars on ArbCom case.
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Agathodaemons
Hello my friend. Can you help add more informations on the agathodaemon page, especially I have sources that they are psychopomps I can send you link. 2A02:1388:14A:9AE4:0:0:40C9:9897 (talk) 13:20, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: asking to be trouted. I mean, who doesn't want to be whacked with a wet trout? [sarcasm] Please pass this trout on to vandals who you think are deserving of a trout. Anyways, keep it up! The Troutinator (talk) 05:07, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
You are invited
@Wesoree: You are invited to watch my userpage and talk page. I just had a stupid vandal sockpuppet attack me and also this idiot tried to impersonate me. This was just rude. Know I now how you feel when your page gets attacked, this was my first. Catfurball (talk) 21:42, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Done. Your talk page is being watched, besides, don't fear for my rollback will be sure to revert it. I had my talk page be hit by socks before, plenty, and don't forget about the vandal that spammed on my talk page, I smashed them with the almighty whale. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 22:24, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
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Plus mortalities, and movies about mermaids.
Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
Miscellaneous
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
R211
I like what you did for the picture I did of the R211. I hope it’s spread over for years to come. Cheers A.R.M. 02:41, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks @ARMcgrath, the picture is used in the infobox, but for the R211T, I was searching through commons before finding one. I appreciate it! -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 12:41, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- @Wesoree: it’s a pleasure. I’m aware some of the train pics I took ended up on some newspapers like this one. The R211 is better tho.
- A.R.M. 04:56, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
IndyCar userbox request
@Wesoree: When you create these userboxes put them in Category:IndyCar driver user templates
This user is a fan of Mario Andretti. Please use the photograph in the infobox.
This user is a fan of Marco Andretti. Please use File:Marco Andretti 2009 Indy 500 Carb Day.JPG.
This user is a fan of Michael Andretti. Please use the photograph in the infobox.
This user is a fan of Josef Newgarden. Please use the photograph in the infobox.
This user is a fan of Bobby Rahal. Please use File:Bobby Rahal 2004.jpg.
Catfurball (talk) 19:29, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
@Wesoree: Question when do you plan on finishing my request. Catfurball (talk) 22:43, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- as soon as possible, at its latest, probably towards the end of this week @Catfurball -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 22:47, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
- Done @Catfurball:
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Assistance with Reverting Changes
User 173.216.158.154 has removed content from Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field without adequately explaining why. Is it possible to have their changes reverted? They've been warned previously of making similar changes. Getawaypaul27 (talk) 14:47, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
- @Getawaypaul27, their edits are about a month old, so they're inactive. Their edits might've already been reverted already so there is nothing to do there. Additionally, they are already reverted, and there's a range of IPs there so the IP reassigns itself in a week anyway. Nothing I can see here. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 14:50, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry, just now seeing this. FWIW, their edits have not been reverted. I'm happy to help with that if you're able to provide some guidance. I appreciate your help. Getawaypaul27 (talk) 00:18, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
- @Getawaypaul27 I've mass rollbacked their changes as it contains WP:OR after looking at it again. Let me know if anything else needs help. Thanks! -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 02:44, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
- Does that rollback take a while to propagate? I'm still seeing their edits on Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Specifically, they removed content from "Top paid attendance figures at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field" and "LSU Record at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field". Getawaypaul27 (talk) 15:11, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- I've restored a good version on Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field @Getawaypaul27. Rollback only works if the version is the latest version. let me know if I missed a spot. Thanks again! -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 23:13, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I see a few minor issues, but I should be able to correct those manually. I appreciate your help with this. Getawaypaul27 (talk) 15:29, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
- I've restored a good version on Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field @Getawaypaul27. Rollback only works if the version is the latest version. let me know if I missed a spot. Thanks again! -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 23:13, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- Does that rollback take a while to propagate? I'm still seeing their edits on Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Specifically, they removed content from "Top paid attendance figures at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field" and "LSU Record at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field". Getawaypaul27 (talk) 15:11, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- @Getawaypaul27 I've mass rollbacked their changes as it contains WP:OR after looking at it again. Let me know if anything else needs help. Thanks! -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 02:44, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry, just now seeing this. FWIW, their edits have not been reverted. I'm happy to help with that if you're able to provide some guidance. I appreciate your help. Getawaypaul27 (talk) 00:18, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
NASCAR userbox request
@Wesoree: When you create these boxes put them in Category:NASCAR driver user templates.
This user is a fan of Matt Kenseth. Please use photograph in the infobox.
This user is a fan of Terry Labonte. Please use photograph in the infobox.
This user is a fan of Darrel Waltrip. Please use photograph in the infobox.
This user is a fan of Michael Waltrip. Please use photograph in the infobox.
Catfurball (talk) 17:29, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
@Wesoree: Have you lost interest in making userboxes? Catfurball (talk) 15:52, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
- no @Catfurball, it's just exams, they are getting in the way and that I had to study for them. I will be doing these today as exams are over and I don't have school affecting me anymore. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 15:54, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
Done @Catfurball::
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
Hello Wesoree,
Backlog
Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.
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- News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing
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- In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia
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- Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
Technical news
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
Arbitration
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
The Signpost: 3 July 2023
- News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter
... and a new Elections Committee.
- Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
A few editors who fought many times to keep advertisements out.
- In the media: Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed
Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?
- Featured content: Incensed
In which featured pictures have a pleasing orange/blue colour scheme for some reason.
- Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?
Don't worry, they are mostly harmless.
- Humour: United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions
Mission to ensure stability in conflict-ridden area.
The Signpost: 17 July 2023
- News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?
Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.
- In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
Ruwiki on the Ruinternet, Rauwerda on TEDx, and Jimbo on Fridman.
- Obituary: David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala)
Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.
- News from the WMF: ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns
The collaboration process for the 2023 English fundraising campaign is kicking off now, right from the start of the fiscal year.
- In focus: Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema?
Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.
- Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject)
A summary of various tools designed over the years.
- Recent research: Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy
And various other research on large language models and Wikipedia.
- Humour: New fringe theories to be introduced
Bold move intended to "get some variety" into Wikipedia arguments.
- Cobwebs: If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop
The annual report that tries to understand the Signpost through data, written in 2020, which never saw the light of day until now.
- Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!
In which choices have been made™.
- Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master
Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science.
Hi Wes!
Hey Wes (WEHs) buddy, how have you been? :) Have not reached out to you in a while. Been very busy. Hope you're doing well — That Coptic Guyping me! (talk) (contribs) 14:57, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
- Doing good @That Coptic Guy, while I'm currently on a break from wikipedia I will be going back to reverting changes soon. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 15:50, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 August 2023
- News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.
- In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
Or just another brouhaha?
- Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
Hot damn, it's damned hot!
- Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash
Three editors have departed.
- Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?
- Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?
A serious visual investigation.
- In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia
A compilation of over 3M citations.
- Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
Possible solutions after being re-harassed.
- Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.
- Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals.
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
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Technical news
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
Arbitration
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
The Signpost: 15 August 2023
- News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.
- In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida
Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.
- In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!
Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.
- Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?
Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.
- Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them
Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.
- Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing
The innards of the Signpost received a major overhaul in March/April 2019. Here's how we reduced behind-the-scenes busywork and improved writers resources.
- Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?
For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?
- Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether
An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.
- Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed
Some improvement on last week.
- Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire
Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.
- Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup.
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.Yes, this is actually a real trout, since you probably didn't mean to do it but you swapped around uninhabitable and inhabitable in Phaeton. And no, it's not like 24 days ago, when I was trying to see anyone who I could trout. As the Lego man says, "WHOOPS!" The Troutinator 🐟 - Slap me | What I've slapped 11:24, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
- @The Troutinator thanks for the trout, I will use it on every single vandal I encounter with my Huggle. -- Wesoree (talk·contribs) 22:05, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Please do NOT simply roll back edits because--well, why did you? The IP explained what was going on, and yet you used rollback, which is governed by the rules outlined here, WP:ROLLBACKUSE. I don't know yet if you warned the IP for vandalism, but if you did I am going to remove that warning and thank them for keeping Wikipedia free from, in this case, a list of names of members of an organization, which is not encyclopedic content (besides unverified and thus also a possible BLP violation). Thank you. Drmies (talk) 20:06, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 August 2023
- From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.
- News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.
- In the media: Taking it sleazy
"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".
- Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
And other recent research publications.
- Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
The good, the bad, and the nonsense.
- Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.
- Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
Arbitration
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
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Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.