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Would you be willing to add yourself to this template? --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 19:56, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- Coffeeandcrumbs, sure! I think I did it right, that markup is new to me :) --valereee (talk) 19:59, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! That was perfect. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 20:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
- BTW, Coffeeandcrumbs, did you create that? I was thinking maybe DYK could use one. It would be especially helpful during two sets per day times, but even when we're at one set per day it's not uncommon for someone to call for admin help because all queues are empty. Is that something that needs discussion, or is it just created and then people can opt-in? --valereee (talk) 12:20, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
- It is very easy to create. I did not ask permission. I just created it after noticing this discussion. I put Kees08 in it to begin and asked you and MSGJ to add yourselves. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 12:29, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
- BTW, Coffeeandcrumbs, did you create that? I was thinking maybe DYK could use one. It would be especially helpful during two sets per day times, but even when we're at one set per day it's not uncommon for someone to call for admin help because all queues are empty. Is that something that needs discussion, or is it just created and then people can opt-in? --valereee (talk) 12:20, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! That was perfect. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 20:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2020)
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
- The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with
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Technical news
- Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
- When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [1]
Arbitration
- Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators
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Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!
This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2020)
.jpg) The The Dapper Dans are a barbershop quartet that performs at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2020)
 The Pyramid Texts are the oldest known corpus of ancient Egyptian religious texts dating to the Old Kingdom.
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This Month in GLAM: January 2020
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Your GA nomination of Goat tower
The article Goat tower you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Goat tower for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Kingsif -- Kingsif (talk) 19:41, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Kingsif, thanks so much for the review and your very kind patience! :) --valereee (talk) 20:00, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
New Page Reviewer newsletter February 2020
Hello Valereee,
- Source Guide Discussion
The first NPP source guide discussion is now underway. It covers a wide range of sources in Ghana with the goal of providing more guidance to reviewers about sources they might see when reviewing pages. Hopefully, new page reviewers will join others interested in reliable sources and those with expertise in these sources to make the discussion a success.
- Redirects
New to NPP? Looking to try something a little different? Consider patrolling some redirects. Redirects are relatively easy to review, can be found easily through the New Pages Feed. You can find more information about how to patrol redirects at WP:RPATROL.
- Discussions and Resources
- There is an ongoing discussion around changing notifications for new editors who attempt to write articles.
- A recent discussion of whether Michelin starred restraunts are notable was archived without closure.
- A resource page with links pertinent for reviewers was created this month.
- A proposal to increase the scope of G5 was withdrawn.
- Refresher
Geographic regions, areas and places generally do not need general notability guideline type sourcing. When evaluating whether an article meets this notability guideline please also consider whether it might actually be a form of WP:SPAM for a development project (e.g. PR for a large luxury residential development) and not actually covered by the guideline.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 7095 Low – 4991 High – 7095
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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2020)
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Religious text • Barbershop quartet Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 February 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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DYK for Mère (restaurateur)
On 18 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mère (restaurateur), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in the 1830s, a Mère in Lyon, France, became famous for her creation Tétons de Venus ('Venus's Breasts'), a dish of giant dumplings that was popular at bachelor parties? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mère (restaurateur)), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
--valereee (talk) 00:03, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
Goat DYK
Please take a look at Template:Did you know nominations/Goat tower. -- Hoary (talk) 14:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)
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| You beat me to posting B. Smith! Giving this in recognition of your work at ITN, ERRORS, DYK, and anywhere else main page related you are active in. Kees08 (Talk) 19:29, 23 February 2020 (UTC) |
- Kees08 hahaha! I saw the notification come across my watch, looked at the page and saw how many people were already working on it, and knew it was likely ready to post. :) --valereee (talk) 20:20, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2020)
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Frieda Rapoport Caplan
Hello:
The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Frieda Rapoport Caplan has been completed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
This will make a great DYK entry.
Regards,
Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:33, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
- Twofingered Typist, Thank you so much! It looks great! --valereee (talk) 19:09, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
DYKs for Women's History Month
Thanks for your recent biographies of women, including those appearing on DYK. Maybe you would like to nominate one or two more in March in connection with Women's History Month.--Ipigott (talk) 07:29, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ipigott, I was actually thinking about starting Maude Mayberg this morning! :) --valereee (talk) 11:10, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Looks interesting. I see there are also a couple of images you can use at [2].--Ipigott (talk) 11:32, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Ipigott, yes, that was the source I'd found about her that made me check to see if she had an article yet! :) Nice to know I can use those images! --valereee (talk) 16:33, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Looks interesting. I see there are also a couple of images you can use at [2].--Ipigott (talk) 11:32, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
WikiCup 2020 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.- The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D,
Kingsif, 
Enwebb, 
Lee Vilenski and 
CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.
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These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 March 2020
- From the editor: The ball is in your court
- News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
- Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
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- Opinion: Wikipedia is another country
- Humour: The Wilhelm scream
This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2020)
 A company is a legal entity made up of an association of people, be they natural, legal, or a mixture of both, for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise.
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WikiCup newsletter correction
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; 
L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops
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Technical news
- Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
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DYK for Dillegrout
On 6 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dillegrout, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that dillegrout was so delicious that it earned the cook a manor, but to keep it he and his descendants had to serve the dish at every future English coronation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dillegrout. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dillegrout), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Details on handwashing technique
Belongs here at Hand_washing#Techniques not in a separate article IMO. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:13, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- Doc James, I have no strong opinion. I just wanted to make sure we've got something that will take people to the right place with correct information, and the handwashing article is about multiple things. I'm shocked we don't have an article on kitchen hygiene, I think that's likely a vital article in food and drink. Our coverage of cooking is woeful. --valereee (talk) 01:12, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Okay have merged the stuff on the CDC technique here Hand_washing#Techniques Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:11, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
- Doc James, oh, great, I'd just copied from the previous article with an intention of maybe getting to that! Thanks! Do you think redirects for correct handwashing technique should go to that section? The article's so long and has become disorganized, which is why I'd started the short article in the first place. --valereee (talk) 12:00, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 11, 2020)
Hello, Valereee.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Company • Nature reserve Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 9 March 2020 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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This Month in GLAM: February 2020
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DYK for Frieda Rapoport Caplan
On 15 March 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Frieda Rapoport Caplan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Frieda Caplan, a pioneer of the specialty-produce industry in the U.S., introduced the kiwifruit to the American market? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frieda Rapoport Caplan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Frieda Rapoport Caplan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Quick check
Hi Valereee, I'm trying to get my head around the process for moving the prep to queue. Could you take a look at Template:Did you know/Queue/3 for me, and make sure I've done this right? I understand you also need to update the protection from the image, is this an automatic procedure, or something that I need to add manually? File:Lathraea squamaria ENBLA02.jpg would be the file to protect.
Once again, thanks for all your help! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 16:28, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Lee Vilenski, did you put four tildes in the DYKbotdo template? It calls for three. I can't tell because it populates, but I don't think you usually get that much of the sig in the dykbot template. It may not matter, but for reference go look at the source for Q2 to see how much of Maile's sig ended up in the template. Other than that, I can see you cleared the prep and updated the counter correctly. :) --valereee (talk) 17:53, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I did put four. I was copying Maile's update, but I wasn't sure. I'll change to 3. Thanks for taking a look. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:54, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Lee Vilenski, there is a comprehensive set of instructions for promoting at Wikipedia:Did you know/Admin instructions if you haven't found that yet! :) --valereee (talk) 17:55, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I spent a good 20 minutes trying to find that page. I'll get the hang of it after a couple. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:59, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Lee Vilenski, ha! There's a link to it at the top of the page of preps/queues at Template:Did you know/Queue. I generally open the prep source, the queue source, and the instructions in three windows. I move the prep to queue, add the bot instructions, preview/save/close the queue window. Open the instructions to clear prep in another window, clear the prep, preview/save/close the empty prep window. Open the counter, update the counter. Then I go check to make sure it all worked. :D Then I go do the admin checks for the set. I move before checking so other admins know I've committed to checking that set, so we aren't duplicating efforts, but some admins prefer to do the checks before making the move. You can tell if someone has already checked a set because you'll their see recent edits on multiple articles in that set, or because they've raised a question at talk about one of the hooks in that set. --valereee (talk) 10:14, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
- I spent a good 20 minutes trying to find that page. I'll get the hang of it after a couple. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:59, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Lee Vilenski, there is a comprehensive set of instructions for promoting at Wikipedia:Did you know/Admin instructions if you haven't found that yet! :) --valereee (talk) 17:55, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- I did put four. I was copying Maile's update, but I wasn't sure. I'll change to 3. Thanks for taking a look. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 17:54, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks I couldn't see for looking! That's pretty much what I did minus the instructions part. I'd prefer to do the moves first, as I'd be worried about checking a set and then having someone else promote it. Thanks for the advice! Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:21, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2020)
Hello, Valereee.
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Hello from a fellow Cincinnatian!
I figured you were in Ohio with your creation of Amy Acton, but turns out you're also in Cincinnati! Are there ever meetups of Wikimedians in Cincinnati? Stay safe during this pandemic! Enwebb (talk) 19:12, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
- Enwebb, hey, fellow Cincinnatian! We had an editathon at the Cincinnati Art Museum in December, and I'd love to hold some more once the black death is over. There's a meetup group at https://www.meetup.com/Cincinnati-Wikipedia-editors/ ! --valereee (talk) 19:16, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
All this stress...(cough, cough)...
...calls for a bit of levity, so I levitated at EEng's page.[FBDB] ❤️ Atsme Talk 📧 01:58, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
Yeah!
Not everyone's as inept as you are, Valereee! (Coronavirus must make people crabby.) EEng 00:57, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- EEng, I can't quite figure out the level of hostility at that discussion. WTF? It seems like such a minor change and one that would actually get more people to try using the template, but multiple editors came in red hot against it. --valereee (talk) 10:22, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- Technogeeks are a different species, and lacking the ability get inside the skin of a normal human they have ideas about how to explain things that are way off. (Oh, I want to be sure you see [3], just to be sure there's no misunderstaning. Surely you can't have believed that someone who penned such a beautiful explication of the baited-breath joke would become the target of my legendary unkindness!) EEng 13:19, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- EEng, no, not at all! Do you mean repeating that not everyone's as inept as I am? I knew that was a joke. :D I've been repeating it myself. It may become my theme song. --valereee (talk) 13:47, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
- I'm chalking it up to corona-fueled kick the cat behaviour. –xenotalk 13:26, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
- Technogeeks are a different species, and lacking the ability get inside the skin of a normal human they have ideas about how to explain things that are way off. (Oh, I want to be sure you see [3], just to be sure there's no misunderstaning. Surely you can't have believed that someone who penned such a beautiful explication of the baited-breath joke would become the target of my legendary unkindness!) EEng 13:19, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Category:Overtouristed areas has been nominated for deletion
Category:Overtouristed areas, which you created, has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 19:54, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Thanks, Breawycker! Very kind of you! :) --valereee (talk) 23:34, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2020)
Hello, Valereee.
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April 2020 at Women in Red
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Billy (Black Christmas): Did You Know
Hello Valereee, I saw your review of my Did You Know nomination on the character Billy. I just wanted to let you know that I replied, and to clarify the sources and statements in ALT2 says that the character helped establish many of the tropes in the slasher film genre, not establishing the genre itself. I added a couple of more alternate hooks as well so there is a bit more clarifacation.--Paleface Jack (talk) 20:25, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. jamacfarlane (talk) 11:58, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2020
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- There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.
Technical news
- There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.
Arbitration
- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a
Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment
. A draft RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft) and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.
- Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a
Miscellaneous
- The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.