User talk:Geo Swan/archive/2018-07

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Bad faith?

...a comment that implied bad faith, on my part

There's a reason for that. Hint: your track record.

A reminder -- as you surely need one -- that the guideline is "assume good faith in the absence of evidence to the contrary". Perhaps you should pay more attention to all the warnings YOU'VE received over the years. --Calton | Talk 01:03, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

• Calton's comment, above, seems to be in response to this comment I left at Talk:St. Catherine University#explanation.
• When I find myself interacting with individuals who I find confrontational, I do my best to keep my cool, and give mild answers, that show respect for AGF, for various reasons, I have explained many times. I think I did an okay job here.
• In my most recent comment in that thread I directed their attention to User:Geo Swan/opinions/Pick one, an essay that suggests that individuals who are reckless about other people's feelings, undermine their credibility when they claim their feelings are being hurt. Geo Swan (talk) 23:12, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

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•  Done

IP editor

Hi, I've just blocked that IP editor who was reverting your changes. Please let me know if they turn up again. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 04:40, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks! Will do. Geo Swan (talk) 15:38, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

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• This NFCC image was replaced by a free image. Geo Swan (talk) 22:33, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. ()

Hello Geo Swan/archive, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

New technology, new rules

• New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
• Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
• Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.

Editathons

• Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

The Signpost

• The next issue of the monthly magazine will be out soon. The newspaper is an excellent way to stay up to date with news and new developments between our newsletters. If you have special messages to be published, or if you would like to submit an article (one about NPR perhaps?), don't hesitate to contact the editorial team here.

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About the Fireboat article

Hi, Geo! A comment about your article Fireboats of San Diego: the section heading “Port of San Diego” is misleading. The Port of San Diego is a quasi-governmental agency established in 1962 to serve all of San Diego Bay. The history that you are quoting there predates the creation of the Port and appears to be about the City of San Diego’s firefighting, not the Port’s. In fact the history you are quoting is from the city’s Fire-Rescue Department history page. --MelanieN (talk) 00:36, 30 July 2018 (UTC)