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April 2020 at Women in Red
--Rosiestep (talk) 15:00, 23 March 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging Recent EditsHey! Thanks so much for the info regarding my change to Mongodb. It looks like the edit you made to alphabetize also dropped the change I made. Was this intentional? Is there any reason to drop the change I made and/or a way I can improve the change so that you would not consider removing it in the future? Best, --Info Juice (talk) 14:57, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Abel Azcona
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:07, 3 April 2020 (UTC) Desktop improvements prototypeHello, Paul2520! Thanks for taking the time to participate in the user feedback round for our desktop improvements prototype. This feedback is super valuable to us and is currently being used to determine our next steps. We have published a report gathering the main takeaways from the feedback and highlighting the changes we’ll make based on this feedback. Please take a look and give us your thoughts on the talk page of the report. To learn more about the project overall and the other features we’re planning on building in the future, check out the main project page. SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 22:47, 14 April 2020 (UTC) Raymond Jerold BowmanI looked at Ancestry.com that has his Draft Registration Card. I don't often edit stuff on Wikipedia but so I don't know how messaging really works. Is there a way I can email you a picture of the card? Thanks, Hudson — Preceding unsigned comment added by HuLou (talk • contribs) 23:21, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
May 2020 at Women in Red
--Rosiestep (talk) 20:59, 29 April 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging Hi Paul, re Kindred Spirits, the citation is the link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_(United_States_coin) in the readable text of my edit. That's where the weight figure comes from (seventeen times a $10 U.S. Gold coin's content in 1847). During that era, few workers earned an entire $1 in a long day. That is, $170 was roughly the annual poverty threshold for the time. At today's number of dollars per ounce of gold, that same handful of gold sells for about $14,000, which is roughly the annual poverty threshold in today's U.S. economy. The other two approaches to price translation in the article come from series of inflation percentages. It's reasonable that there would be a wide range of estimates after multiplying a hundred seventy annual fractions. Yet for all the modern advances in mining output, and consumption in electronic devices, not to mention competition such as Bitcoin, the physical weight of an amount of gold remains surprisingly consistent as a way to equate the cost of living in one century to that of another. In modern terms, imagine Syrians in refugee camps sending $14,000 to NYC's homeless. The Chahta in 1847 were giving from their own food bowls, to fellow displaced people they would never meet. A most noble choice.
Growth team newsletter #13Welcome to the thirteenth newsletter from the Growth team! The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects. Join the conversation: structured tasks We are looking for community input on a new project to make it easy for newcomers to make real article edits. In our previous newsletter, we talked about the productive edits coming from the newcomer tasks feature. Those good results have continued: about 900 newcomers made over 5,000 suggested edits so far. We've learned that newcomers are interested in receiving suggested edits. Now, we are thinking about how to supply them a feed of easy edits that will help more of them be successful quickly. We have a new idea called "structured tasks". This would aim to break down edits into steps that are easy for newcomers and easy on mobile devices. In the past, certain kinds of editing tasks have been structured. For instance, adding categories through HotCat. Now, we are thinking about how to structure the editing of articles. The goal is to allow newcomers can make large content additions, especially from their mobile devices. Please visit the project page and respond to the discussion questions listed on the talk page. You are welcome to show this project to others in your community. You can help by translating the materials to your language so that more voices can join in. We will be having this conversation until June 18. Expanding to more wikisWe have expanded to six new wikis, and are looking for more interested communities. In the last two months, we deployed Growth features to six new wikis: Ukrainian, Serbian, Hungarian, Armenian, and Basque Wikipedias, and French Wiktionary. Newcomers from these wikis have already contributed over 600 edits through Growth features. We want to expand to more wikis in the coming months, and we are looking for interested communities. French Wikipedia already agreed and will be the next one to join the experiment. We will contact several other wikis in the coming weeks to offer them to participate. Do you think the Growth Team features would be a good addition to your wiki? Please see this translatable summary of Growth features. You can share with your communities and start a discussion. Then, please contact us to begin the process! Other updates Work continues on improving newcomer tasks and the homepage.
As usual, we are still welcoming your feedback and questions about our features. Please contact us on the project talk page! Growth team's newsletter prepared by the Growth team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. 14:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC) June 2020 at Women in Red
--Rosiestep (talk) 17:11, 25 May 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020 Hello Paul2520,
NPP Sorting can be a great way to find pages needing new page patrolling that match your strengths and interests. Using ORES, it divides articles into topics such as Literature or Chemistry and on Geography. Take a look and see if you can find time to patrol a couple pages a day. With over 10,000 pages in the queue, the highest it's been since ACPERM, your help could really make a difference.
In late February, Google added 5 new languages to Google Translate: Kinyarwanda, Odia (Oriya), Tatar, Turkmen and Uyghur. This expands our ability to find and evaluate sources in those languages.
Six Month Queue Data: Today – 10271 Low – 4991 High – 10271 To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:52, 18 June 2020 (UTC) Hetty SpiersThanks for your kind offer to do the DYK. Please go ahead if you are happy to. Thanks. Jack1956 (talk) 06:17, 25 June 2020 (UTC) July 2020 at Women in Red
--Rosiestep (talk) 16:12, 28 June 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging WikiCup 2020 July newsletterThe third round of the 2020 WikiCup has now come to an end. The 16 users who made it into the fourth round each had at least 353 points (compared to 68 in 2019). It was a highly competitive round, and a number of contestants were eliminated who would have moved on in earlier years. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Between them, contestants managed 14 featured articles, 9 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 152 good articles, 136 DYK entries, 55 ITN entries, 65 featured article candidate reviews and 221 good article reviews. Additionally, If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:34, 2 July 2020 (UTC) DYK nomination of Junauda Petrus
DYK for Junauda Petrus On 15 July 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Junauda Petrus, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that author and performance artist Junauda Petrus originally wanted to be an astronaut, but is now a "pleasure activist"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Junauda Petrus. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Junauda Petrus), 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) 12:01, 15 July 2020 (UTC) DYK for Hetty Spiers
—valereee (talk) 00:02, 21 July 2020 (UTC) It's a good book; I recommend it. The author was thrilled to be on the front page. I quote: "dkhsalkdhsalkdhalkd sOMG"--I think that is how young people talk? Drmies (talk) 14:43, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
Seeking assistanceI don't know what kind of things I should edit because many of them is to difficult. What should I do?Eolhcmak (talk) 01:11, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Eolhcmak
Thank youEolhcmak (talk) 01:23, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Eolhcmak
August 2020 at Women in Red
--Rosiestep (talk) 18:51, 26 July 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging DYK for Freestyle Love SupremeOn 3 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Freestyle Love Supreme, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lin-Manuel Miranda's idea for improvisational hip-hop comedy musical group Freestyle Love Supreme originated during rehearsal breaks for the musical In the Heights? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Freestyle Love Supreme. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Freestyle Love Supreme), 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. — Maile (talk) 00:02, 3 August 2020 (UTC) Edit glossaryDear Paul, When editing a dead link, replaced with copy / wayback link, how does one explain such an edit, glossary?CeiyLlanno (talk) 20:14, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks so much. very helpful.CeiyLlanno (talk) 20:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
September Women in Red edithons
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging WikiCup 2020 September newsletterThe fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. 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. 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), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC) DYK for Suki Seokyeong KangOn 3 September 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Suki Seokyeong Kang, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that multimedia artist Suki Seokyeong Kang paints a gouache painting every day as part of her work? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Suki Seokyeong Kang. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Suki Seokyeong Kang), 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. — Maile (talk) 00:02, 3 September 2020 (UTC) Growth team newsletter 14Welcome to the fourteenth newsletter from the Growth team! The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects. Success with guidance We deployed the "Guidance" feature on June 15. This feature uses the help panel to explain what to do after selecting a suggested edit. For instance, if a newcomer selects a copyedit task, they are guided on what sorts of errors to look for. They can see examples of how to rewrite the text. You can try this feature on test.wikipedia.org. First enable the homepage and the help panel in your preferences there. Since we launched "Guidance", the data we collected show good results (see image). Now, we see more users completing suggested edits than before Guidance was deployed. Structured tasks Structured tasks is a project that aims to break down editing workflows into a series of steps. We hope newcomers can accomplish these tasks easily. In the previous newsletter, we asked for feedback from community members on the idea. We had a good discussion in six languages with 35 community members (summary here). We have now posted new design mockups. We hope community members can check the mockups out and react to them (in any language). They are posted along with some of the main questions we are thinking about as we continue to refine our plans. Other technical updates_of_newcomer_homepage_2020-04-09.png)
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November edith-a-thons from Women in Red
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 18:49, 28 October 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging Growth team updates #15Welcome to the fifteenth newsletter from the Growth team! The Growth team's objective is to work on software changes that help retain new contributors in mid-size Wikimedia projects. Variants C and D deployed Variants C and D are two new arrangements of the newcomer homepage. We hope they will increase the number of users using suggested edits. They both make suggested edits the clear place where newcomers should get started on the page. They have some differences in their workflows, because we want to test which design is better. We deployed these variants on October 19; half of newcomers get each variant. After about 5 weeks, we will analyze the data from the tests. The goal is to determine which variant is helping more newcomers to make more suggested edits. We will identify the better variant and then use it with all newcomers. Structured tasks: add a linkAs we discussed in previous newsletters, the team is working on our first "structured task": the "add a link" task. After community discussion on design ideas, we ran user tests on the mobile designs. We decided on the design concept we want to use moving forward: Concept A. We're now engineering the backend for this feature. Next, we will be running user tests for desktop designs. Learn more about the findings. Community news
Growth team's newsletter prepared by the Growth team and posted by bot • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe. 10:09, 1 November 2020 (UTC) WikiCup 2020 November newsletterThe 2020 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round going down to the wire. Our new Champion is The other finalists were All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2021 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66, Vanamonde and Cwmhiraeth MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:38, 3 November 2020 (UTC) I live at skee and I know there is aroun 1000 ppl and stuff Abcbbc12345 (talk) 14:03, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
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December with Women in Red
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:41, 26 November 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging New Page Patrol December NewsletterHello Paul2520,
It has been a productive year for New Page Patrol as we've roughly cut the size of the New Page Patrol queue in half this year. We have been fortunate to have a lot of great work done by Rosguill who was the reviewer of the most pages and redirects this past year. Thanks and credit go to JTtheOG and Onel5969 who join Rosguill in repeating in the top 10 from last year. Thanks to John B123, Hughesdarren, and Mccapra who all got the NPR permission this year and joined the top 10. Also new to the top ten is DannyS712 bot III, programmed by DannyS712 which has helped to dramatically reduce the number of redirects that have needed human patrolling by patrolling certain types of redirects (e.g. for differences in accents) and by also patrolling editors who are on on the redirect whitelist.
 
John B123 has been named reviewer of the year for 2020. John has held the permission for just over 6 months and in that time has helped cut into the queue by reviewing more than 18,000 articles. His talk page shows his efforts to communicate with users, upholding NPP's goal of nurturing new users and quality over quantity.
As a special recognition and thank you DannyS712 has been awarded the first NPP Technical Achievement Award. His work programming the bot has helped us patrol redirects tremendously - more than 60,000 redirects this past year. This has been a large contribution to New Page Patrol and definitely is worthy of recognition. Six Month Queue Data: Today – 2262 Low – 2232 High – 10271 To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here 18:16, 10 December 2020 (UTC) A New Year With Women in Red!
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