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Dear Wikipedian, you recently voted in the ArbCom election. Your username, along with around 155 other usernames of your fellow Wikipedians, was randomly selected from the 2000+ Wikipedians who voted this year, with the help of one of the election-commissioners. If you are willing, could you please participate (at your option either on-wiki via userspace or off-wiki via email) in an exit poll, and answer some questions about how you decided amongst the ArbCom candidates?
If you decide to participate in this exit poll, the statistical results will be published in the Signpost, an online newspaper with over 1000 Wikipedians among the readership. There are about twelve questions, which have alphanumerical answers; it should take you a few minutes to complete the exit poll questionnaire, and will help improve Wikipedia by giving future candidates information about what you think is important. This is only an unofficial survey, and will have no impact on your actual vote during this election, nor in any future election.
All questions are individually optional, and this entire exit poll itself is also entirely optional, though if you choose not to participate, I would appreciate a brief reply indicating why you decided not to take part (see Question Zero). Thanks for being a Wikipedian
The questionnaire
Dear Wikipedian, please fill out these questions -- at your option via usertalk or via email, see Detailed Instructions at the end of the twelve questions -- by putting the appropriate answer in the blanks provided. If you decide not to answer a question (all questions are optional), please put the reason down: "undecided" / "private information" / "prefer not to answer" / "question is not well-posed" / "other: please specify". Although the Signpost cannot guarantee that complex answers can be processed for publication, it will help us improve future exit polls, if you give us comments about why you could not answer specific questions.
quick and easy exit poll , estimated time required: 4 minutes
Q#0. Will you be responding to the questions in this exit poll? Why or why not?
Your Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#1. Arbs must have at least 0k / 2k / 4k / 8k / 16k / 32k+ edits to Wikipedia.
Your Numeric Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#2. Arbs must have at least 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7+ years editing Wikipedia.
Your Numeric Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#3. Arbs...
A: should not be an admin
B: should preferably not be an admin
C: can be but need not be an admin
D:should preferably be an admin
E:must be or have been an admin
F:must currently be an admin
Your Single-Letter Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#4. Arbs must have at least 0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7+ years of experience as an admin.
The Quick&Easy End. Thank you for your answers. Please sign with your Wikipedia username here, especially important if you are emailing your answers, so we can avoid double-counting and similar confusion.
Q#6. Completely optional, as all these questions are completely optional: which candidates did you oppose this year, and why?
Your List-Of-Usernames You Opposed:
Your Comments:
Q#7. Are there any Wikipedians you would like to see run for ArbCom, in the December 2016 election, twelve months from now? Who?
Your List-Of-Usernames As Potential Future Candidates:
Your Comments:
Q#8. Why did you vote in the 2015 ArbCom elections? In particular, how did you learn about the election, and what motivated you to participate this year?
Your Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#9. For potential arbs, good indicators of the right kind of contributions outside noticeboard activity, would be:
A: discussions on the talkpages of articles which ARE subject to ArbCom sanctions
B: discussions on the talkpages of articles NOT subject to ArbCom restrictions
C: sending talkpage notifications e.g. with Twinkle, sticking to formal language
D: sending talkpage notifications manually, and explaining with informal English
E: working on policies/guidelines
F: working on essays/helpdocs
G: working on GA/FA/DYK/similar content
H: working on copyedits/infoboxes/pictures/similar content
K: working with other Wikipedians via wikiprojects e.g. with MILHIST
L: working with other Wikipedians via IRC e.g. with #wikipedia-en-helpconnect or informally
M: working with other Wikipedians via email e.g. with UTRS or informally
N: working with other Wikipedians in person e.g. at edit-a-thons / Wikipedian-in-residence / Wikimania / etc
O: other types of contribution, please specify in your comments
Please specify a comma-separated list of the types of contributions you see as positive indicators for arb-candidates to have.
Your List-Of-Letters Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#10. Arbs who make many well-informed comments at these noticeboards (please specify which!) have the right kind of background, or experience, for ArbCom.
Please specify a comma-separated list of the noticeboards you see as important background-experience for arb-candidates to have.
Your List-Of-Letters Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#11. Arbs who make many comments at these noticeboards (please specify!) have the wrong kind of temperament, or personality, for ArbCom.
Options: (same as previous question -- please see above)
Please specify a comma-separated list of the noticeboards you see as worrisome personality-indicators for arb-candidates to have.
Your List-Of-Letters Answer:
Your Comments:
Q#12. Anything else we ought to know?
Your Custom-Designed Question(s):
Your Custom-Designed Answer(s):
The Extended-Answers End. Thank you for your answers. Please sign with your Wikipedia username here, especially important if you are emailing your answers, so we can avoid double-counting and similar confusion.
Your Wikipedia Username:
General Comments:
Detailed Instructions: you are welcome to answer these questions via usertalk (easiest), or via email (for a modicum of privacy).
how to submit your answers , estimated time required: 2 minutes
If you wish to answer via usertalk, go ahead and fill in the blanks by editing this subsection. Once you have completed the usertalk-based exit poll answers, click here to notify the Signpost copy-editor, leave a short usertalk note, and click save. The point of leaving the usertalk note, is to make sure your answers are processed and published.
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Processing of responses will be performed in batches of ten, prior to publication in the Signpost. GamerPro64 will be processing the email-based answers, and will strive to maintain the privacy of your answers (as well as your email address and the associated IP address typically found in the email-headers), though of course as a volunteer effort, we cannot legally guarantee that GamerPro64 will have a system free from computer virii, we cannot legally guarantee that GamerPro64 will resist hypothetical bribes offered by the KGB/NSA/MI6 to reveal your secrets, and we cannot legally guarantee that GamerPro64 will make no mistakes. If you choose to answer on-wiki, your answers will be visible to other Wikipedians. If you choose to answer via email, your answers will be sent unencrypted over the internet, and we will do our best to protect your privacy, but unencrypted email is inherently an improper mechanism for doing so. Sorry! :-)
We do promise to try hard, not to make any mistakes, in the processing and presentation of your answers. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact column-editor GamerPro64, copy-editor 75.108.94.227, or copy-editor Ryk72. Thanks for reading, and thanks for helping Wikipedia. GamerPro6414:42, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
Christmas! Christmas, everywhere, on every talk page, I do dispair Seasons being greeted and Wikibreaks told, but still time for a little more editing, for being WP:BOLD! So go on, go forth and enjoy beyond concern Your Wiki will be waiting for when you return.
Hello everyone, and we would like to wish you all a happy holiday season. As you will probably already know, the 2016 WikiCup begins in the new year; there is still time to sign up. There are some changes we'd like to announce before the competition begins.
After two years of serving as WikiCup judge, User:Miyagawa has stepped down as judge. He deserves great thanks and recognition for his dedication and hard work, and for providing necessary transition for a new group of judges in last year's Cup. Joining Christine (User:Figureskatingfan) and Jason (User:Sturmvogel 66) is Andrew (User:Godot13), a very successful WikiCup competitor and expert in Featured Pictures; he won the two previous competitions. This is a strong judging team, and we anticipate lots of enjoyment and good work coming from our 2016 competitors.
We would also like to announce one change in how this year's WikiCup will be run. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth have chosen to limit their participation. See here for the announcement and a complete explanation of why. They and the judges feel that it will make for a more exciting, enjoyable, and productive competition.
The discussions/polls concerning the next competition's rules will be closed soon, and rules changes will be made clear on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring and talk pages. The judges are committed to not repeating the confusion that occurred last year and to ensuring that the new rules are both fair and in the best interests of the competition, which is, first and foremost, about improving Wikipedia.
Hey! If you ever need help, consider me interested. I worked writing the Featured content section for almost a year and will gladly help again on any section if necessary :) → Call meHahc2115:07, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi Hahc, not ignoring you -- have been quite busy. I believe Rosiestep is going to and/or has gotten in touch with you. Merry Christmas! GoPhightins!03:30, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
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What is most intertesting thing (and haha funny) about the most recent conversation at Editor retention is that I had just nominated the editor (user Happy ______) for the Eddy a few days before. I hope they dont go into the back rooms and see the Award being molded into life. The personal care that gives a newbie a better chance at survival has always been of interest to me since my earliest times. Maybe this is the push that WER needs to revive our efforets at retaining editors. I think we will both agree that the wind in our sails has been dormant for many many months. Have a GREAT year. Buster Seven Talk 13:22, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
Hey Buster, Happy New Year to you too! I apologize that I have been so sparse of late; real life commitments are just, well, tricky. I think next year (2016) should give me a little more free time, so I will do my best to at least comment on some more EotW nominations. Thank you for continuing to run that. I think editor retention is still a broadly recognized concern, and hope the project recognizes its importance on that page, but more importantly in general discourse. Happy editing, and God bless! GoPhightins!15:12, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.
We are about to enter the second week of the 2016 WikiCup. The most recent player to sign up brings the current total to 101 contestants. Signups close on 5 February. If you’re interested, you can join this year's WikiCup here.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Cabinda until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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. Gamaliel (talk) 17:08, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
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A tag has been placed on Jason Cabinda requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person, a group of people, an individual animal, an organization (band, club, company, etc.), web content, or an organized event, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be removed without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Postcard Cathy (talk) 17:20, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
@Postcard Cathy: Hi, I removed the CSD tag, which admittedly is out of process, as per WP:IAR. Cabinda is a starting linebacker on a Division I college football team who easily meets WP:GNG. I apologize for the terse edit summary I left when doing so. Happy editing, GoPhightins!18:21, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity, did you google the guy's name before you nominated the article for CSD? Did you look at the source that is cited in the article, which alone gets it close to WP:GNG? Did you google the guy after I removed the CSD because he would so clearly pass an AFD a speedy nomination is laughable? Or are you just so concerned with the fact that I removed a bogus CSD tag on an article I wrote that you would reinstate the tag without doing your due diligence as stipulated in WP:BEFORE? [1][2][3][4][5][6] There's your significant coverage. Remove the tag yourself if you insist. GoPhightins!21:52, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
I shouldn't have to google him. The point of Wikipedia, as with all encyclopedias, is that the article is suppos d to explained n why the person is important. Perhaps if the article stated wh he was important or as I like to say, wiki worthy, ... There is no reason to keep this info a secret. Postcard Cathy (talk) 22:02, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Well then clearly you have no understanding of WP:BEFORE ... I wrote this article in the middle of a game while writing another article as a way to get the ball rolling. I cited a source that clearly states his significance, and in two minutes amassed the sources I dumped above. I have been writing Wikipedia articles for a long time, and have a process that usually starts with a sub-stub. This one has always passed GNG, and I would appreciate it if you would fulfill your obligations before nominating something for deletion just as I did before writing the article, by citing a feature article in one of the top ten newspapers in the country. GoPhightins!22:05, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
Think whatever you want darling. You come across as an immature spoiled brat because someone disagrees with you. And is making a reasonable argument in their defense. I might not get the article deleted but I don't care if it is or isn't. I want the article improved. As I said before, I shouldn't have to google the guy to find out his importance. His wiki article should at least make reference to his accomplishments. Now, you can spend your time throwing two year old like tantrums which don't bother me in the least but I find as an amusing diversion on your character and maturity. Or you can do something to improve the article. I know what I would choose if I were you. In the meantime I am going to ignore future temper tantrums from you. When you decide to come in from the elementary school recess field and have a mature discussion, even if we disagree, I will engage with you. Oops, I forget, I am talking to a child. These concepts and vocabulary might be over your head. Google what you don't understand. Postcard Cathy (talk) 16:29, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Condescend if you must, but we share the goal of wanting the article improved. I just fail to see how nominating it for speedy deletion and subsequently AFD achieves that goal. GoPhightins!16:46, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Comment: Hi Postcard Cathy and Go Phightins!. You have both brought up valid and interesting points in this discussion. It is unfortunately that comments do not focus on how to improve the article and include unfriendly sarcasm. Would each of you be willing to review your comments and revise them so that they focus on how to improve the article. Let us understand our position as volunteers and the need not to take things too personal. I am requesting this revision so that current and future commenters feel that they can participate in the discussion without having to make or receive unfriendly comments. Please ping me if you have concerns about this that you would like to discuss. Thanks again, Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£16:54, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
My position has been and remains that I created this article when I had about two minutes on my hands, and cited a source that alone satisfies WP:GNG, let alone A7. Quite simply, this article is not a candidate for deletion, and it baffles me that other good faith editors would think it is. I hope to have time to work on improving the article in the future, but to date, have not had such time. Other editors enforcing their personal criteria on what is "wiki worthy" is not conducive to building the encyclopedia; many featured articles have started as these "sub-stubs". We can hope that in the future, this article will reach that benchmark. I apologize for admittedly unhelpful snark, and am willing to bury the hatchet; however, I think withdrawing a deletion nomination is also well in order at this point. Thanks to you both for all your contributions, GoPhightins!17:11, 9 January 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, Bob305, and congrats to you too -- you did a lot of the legwork on this with the game-by-game that I would never have been able to do myself. You were as if not more important in this than I. So great job! GoPhightins!04:37, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
I posted this on the newsroom but is it possible to find someone else to write the report this week? I'm a little busy right now. GamerPro6400:45, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Hey Ben, I'm not impartial, since I know the person, but what do you think of the notability of the filmmaker mentioned in the following articles? [7][8][9][10][11]. Do you think that the fact that he was getting coverage in large cities located over an hour away from his hometown would qualify him per WP:GNG? It's worth giving the articles a read, there is some interesting information in there. RyanVesey04:10, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Hey Ryan! How are you? I will look into it, perhaps tomorrow when I'm snowed in -- are you in Philly or back home these days? We're bracing for a few feet of snow right now here in LanCo. GoPhightins!04:46, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
And in regards to notability, I tend to lean inclusionist, but yeah, I think that he probably meets GNG -- I tend to count local media coverage towards that perhaps more heavily than some others, but I think that the sheer fact that he has full-length feature articles from several local to regional publications, coupled with the fact that he has some other online recognition (e.g., and IMDB page) tip the balance for me. GoPhightins!05:00, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Great, I am putting the article together now. It is incredibly frustrating, because I used to be able to write an article without thinking. Now I keep getting caught up on the best way to organize things and remembering how to use WikiMarkup. RyanVesey15:02, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Haha. I don't use it myself, but I hear VisualEditor is actually decent now ... although being able to write articles in Wiki-Markup is sort of a badge of honor :-) GoPhightins!16:09, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Whenever I go a few weeks to months w/o editing and then return, I suddenly have empathy for newcomers who have no clue ... personally I like the caps, but I work closely with someone who doesn't at the Signpost, and he usually wins :-). GoPhightins!19:06, 23 January 2016 (UTC)
Since it is the Tenth Anniversary
of an editor in the Eddy Q, I am moving her up in the line and awarding her this week. Clerks prerogative I guess you could call it!. I just thought I would let you know about my "rule bending" in order to "cover my ass" in case one of your admin friends "has a cow"...and Bob's 'yer uncle as the Brits say. Buster Seven Talk05:55, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
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