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DA Federal chairperson vs DA Federal council chairperson
Apparently both of these positions exist - but Wikipedia articles (such as the DA infobox) are apparently mixing them up. I can't really wrap my head around it either way, but perhaps you can. Francoisdjvr (talk) 19:04, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
- @Francoisdjvr: Hi, Francois. I have looked at the DA's infobox and corrected it. Maimane resigned as federal leader, while Trollip quit as federal chairperson. Trollip had three deputies: Ivan Meyer, Mike Waters and Refiloe Nt'sekhe. Helen Zille is the chairperson of the party's federal council committee (highest-ranking decision-making committee within the party). She has two deputies: Natasha Mazzone and Thomas Walters. If you want to know more about the DA's leadership structure, I would advise you to read this article from News24 here. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 19:16, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
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Natasha Mazzone image
I have been asked by Ms Mazzone to ensure that her picture is the one I put up. Please do NOT use the old image.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Libdem94 (talk • contribs) 18:08, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Libdem94: All the images you have uploaded, violates the website's strict copyright policies. If this is true that Mazzone asked you to update the images, try to upload images of her that do not INFRINGE copyright. You can find out more about Wikipedia's copyright at WP:Copyrights. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 18:13, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Actually they don't. I own them. I took them. So kindly restore my last wdir immediately. Libdem94 (talk) 18:57, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Actually, neither infringe copyright. The earlier image was gifted to Ms Mazzone by Alon Skuy, who took the original. The latter I took personally. Libdem94 (talk) 18:59, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
@Libdem94: I, unfortunately, cannot take your word for it. To me, it actually just looks like you got the images from a quick Google search. All of them lack metadata (Images are required to have metadata). If you took them, they would have had metadata. That first image you uploaded from Mazzone was deleted from Commons for it being a copyright violation. You subsequently uploaded the same image to Wikipedia. That image is actually from Mazzone's Facebook page. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 19:05, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
I personally sat no more than 3 meters away in the old assembly and took the pic. Either way, I have attested (when I uploaded the image) that I bowned the copyright. That is a sworn, legal statement. The metadata, or lack thereof, is not sufficient evidence to counter that. Libdem94 (talk) 19:20, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Should wish to debate this further, kindly contact me on 083 463 8858. Libdem94 (talk) 19:25, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Libdem94: Just out of curiosity, are you Kevin Mileham? LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 19:39, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Not that it should matter, but yes I am. Libdem94 (talk) 19:54, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Libdem94: Well then Mr Mileham, nice to meet you, can I maybe give you some advice regarding images here on Wikipedia? Do not take images from Facebook, because Facebook changes the image's metadata making it look like a copyright violation, even if you were the one that took the picture. I have tentatively restored it to that one of Mazzone at the 2009 SONA, because the other one has been deleted. Upload one of Mrs Mazzone that you have personally taken (the initial image), not from Facebook. Thanks. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 21:30, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
New Page Review newsletter November 2019
Hello Lefcentreright,
This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.
- Getting the queue to 0
There are now 816 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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ITN recognition for Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe
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Love your stuff
I see you are a left handed genius! Thanks for all the info you have posted about Africa. I have found it very interesting to read.
Cheers,
Pete — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.98.148.254 (talk) 09:55, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Anna Darius Ishaku
Hello, you added my article about Anna Darius Ishaku for speedy delete. Just wanted to know more on your reason and also to tell you that the person in question is a well notable person in Nigeria as she is the first lady of Taraba State and the founder of Hope Afresh Foundation, a Non-governmental organization which is also recognized in Nigeria. Please help me know better in what to do, as I'm new to this. Thanks
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- I nominate Lefcentreright to be Editor of the Week for tireless work in expanding and improving our content about South African politics. He is a very young editor, producing a lot of well-written, properly sourced articles, in an area which is much-overlooked by the majority of editors. I've recently also found out that he's a pleasure to interact with - I removed a valid CSD tag they'd placed on an article I was improving, and rather than get huffy he thanked me graciously for my efforts. He's also started doing NPP reviewing and generally helping out, and I'd love to see him get some recognition for his excellent contributions.
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| Editor of the Week for the week beginning November 17, 2019 |
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- Congratulations Lefcentreright - I know our interaction over Mvuyo Tom was a while ago now (it takes a while for these nominations to be accepted and filter through!), but I was impressed by how you handled that, and have noticed you around the place quite a few times in the past few months, and have consistently been impressed by what I've seen. Thanks so much for all your work on the project, in content creation, reviewing, and generally being a great Wikipedian. Cheers! GirthSummit (blether) 22:15, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!
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New Page Review newsletter December 2019
- Reviewer of the Year
This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.
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Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.
Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.
| Rank | Username | Num reviews | Log |
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| 1 | Rosguill (talk) | 47,395 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 2 | Onel5969 (talk) | 41,883 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 3 | JTtheOG (talk) | 11,493 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 4 | Arthistorian1977 (talk) | 5,562 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 5 | DannyS712 (talk) | 4,866 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 6 | CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk) | 3,995 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 7 | DragonflySixtyseven (talk) | 3,812 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 8 | Boleyn (talk) | 3,655 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 9 | Ymblanter (talk) | 3,553 | Patrol Page Curation |
| 10 | Cwmhiraeth (talk) | 3,522 | Patrol Page Curation |
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Happy Holidays
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Hello Lefcentreright: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 18:11, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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- @DBigXray: Thank you very much. Same to you and your family :) LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 18:36, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Good luck
- @Miraclepine: Thank you. I appreciate the message :) LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 08:11, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hi there are new updates and sources for this one, perhaps you would reach a different conclusion on the articles current condition.Ndołkah☆ (talk) 05:55, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
- @Ndołkah: Thank you for notifying me. I will have a look now. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 07:37, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
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- @Utopes: Thank you. Have a great 2020! LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 11:10, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
German young wikipedians
Hi Jan-Hendrik,
In Germany there's an organisation called the "Jungwikipedianer", the "young Wikipedians". Would you like to make contact with them? I can definitely facilitate this. Maybe you'd like to start a sibling organisation in South Africa? --Slashme (talk) 11:12, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Slashme: Yes, why not? I would love to start a sibling organisation like that here in South Africa. My mission here on Wikipedia is to inevitably grow articles relating to South Africa and by recruiting more younger people, we can grow South African Wikipedia together. LefcentrerightTalk (plz ping) 11:38, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
- Done! Let's see whether and when an answer comes. --Slashme (talk) 11:49, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi, I'm a former Jungwikipedianer and still kinda watch them. We once had a Jungwikipedianer from Bangladesh, so you can just ask for becoming a member on de:WP:JWPA. --Kenny McFly (talk) 11:59, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
- Done! Let's see whether and when an answer comes. --Slashme (talk) 11:49, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks for reviewing Chambly
Necessary work for the health of Wikipedia - thanks! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 17:41, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
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