Hello Cellina Starfire, I saw the seeking adoption tag on your page. Was the request specifically for improving the Andrea Bocelli article, or are you looking for guidance on other areas of Wikipedia too? Jay 💬07:09, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd love help with both. Learning more about Wikipedia in general will help me improve the Andrea Bocelli article, and it can help me in the future, too! (School has been taking my time lately, so I haven't edited much currently... I would love to get back to it sometime, though!) > Cellina Starfire:talk?17:33, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As you are already into typo correction and copyediting, going through the articles from Category:Wikipedia pages needing cleanup can help you get into other aspects of article writing. The target is to fix the problem in the article for which it is tagged, and then remove the tag, so it doesn't show up as problematic any more. The same editor may not be able to fix all problems, but may do what they are comfortable with. For reference, WP:CLEANUPTAG has a list that articles are tagged with. Jay 💬08:16, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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@Mseingth2133444 I would still like to be adopted, yes! I've been random article patrolling lately, just trying to get used to editing and to learn by doing. I hope to reach the point where I can improve articles to featured level, and having an experienced editor to help me learn how to do that would be ideal.
Hello, Tesseractic! I see that you have expressed an interest in being adopted by an experienced editor. I accept your request, being an experienced editor myself. Whether you want to learn about wiki markup, find something to do, or just talk to somebody, I'm the one you can talk to - just leave a message on my talk page. Good luck with Wikipedia! Mseingth2133444 (talk/contribs) 15:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello fellow grad student, thanks for signing my guestbook! Let me know if you ever make your own, or have any questions I can try to help with. Have a great day! GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 06:06, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Gerda! I am new to Wikipedia, yes, but article improvement is a goal of mine anyway, so I figured I'd join the group so I can learn more. Andrea Bocelli's article will be featured one of these days if I have anything to do with it...!> Tesseractic:talk?✎23:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Great plan. List reviews on the project, please! And review, to get the feeling for what will be needed. - Today I see Marian Anderson as my top story (by NBC, 1939), and below (on my talk) three people with raised arms, - and the place is the cherry blossom in Frauenstein. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That contribution was completely legitimate - the man who analyzed the piece had the last name "Butt". I reverted a past edit because they assumed the same thing as you. > Tesseractic:talk?✎03:33, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that, please revert then. It was my mistake, I saw a edit replacing "But some" with "Butt" and reverted. Sorry! If you wish, you can remove the warning. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 03:52, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Tesseractic! I noticed you posted a request for a GA mentor, and I can answer that! I mostly have experience with video game-related articles but have also reviewed biographies. Would you like to pick a good article nominee to get experience with or would you like me to put together a list of some that might be good to start with?
Okay, I have a shortlist of articles I picked from the GAN list. Before reviewing, if you haven't already, familiarize yourself with the GA criteria and the reviewing instructions. One of my favorite essays on Wikipedia is "What the Good article criteria are not", which I also recommend reading -- it gives some pointers on how to interpret the GA criteria and warns against common pitfalls (especially being overly strict in a review); of course, it's just an essay.All that said, I chose some articles from the Music and Video games sections which you indicated are areas you edit in/are interested in. There is only one nominated chemistry article, and I also chose not to list any science articles, since these have additional considerations to review, primarily the use of technical language and jargon, and how the article reads to a broad audience. Music and video games shouldn't really have this problem (to the same extent)! I gave some ideas of why I chose certain articles and some possible cons to each. In general, I avoided inexperienced nominators, very new nominations, and articles that were too long (in my opinion). Ideal articles for your first couple reviews are already well-written and relatively short, with not many sources to check.Music
Experienced nominator who seems responsive during reviews (although their first language is not English), relatively short prose, sources look like they're on the web, no image copyright to check
Medium number of sources to check, requires special attention for BLP, somewhat inconvenient sectioning,
Incredibly short article (one of the shortest noms I've seen), nominator is experienced and active in peer reviews (and responsive in previous GAs),
Would not recommend because it's so short that it won't be a great learning experience, and there are some considerations like broadness that will stand out more as well. Maybe pick up another short nomination in addition to this if you can (just picking one at random from the Songs section, maybe Pero Dile or Follow Me (Zoey 101))
Medium-short article, only 42 citations, nominator has many GAs and reviews in this topic area, at a glance appears like a reasonably high-quality article, it follows a very standard article layout for video games
Very few sources to check (24) and almost all are on the web, prose looks high quality at a glance, nominator has a history of excellent articles and seems responsive during reviews
Medium length of prose (not bad)
Feel free to open a review for one of these and let me know, or ask me if you have any questions first. You can also just ignore these and pick any open nominee on the list, but keep in mind the reasons I picked these (I don't think there was any Italian music in there, but I could have missed one!) . I can always answer questions or provide a second opinion during the review process as well.P.S. I almost forgot! GANReviewTool is an incredibly helpful script to automate this process and I would highly suggest installing it! Review the passing instructions to make sure you know what steps the script takes on your behalf. ~Adam (talk · contribs)22:14, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Cecelia Hall looks like a good article to review! I've installed GANReviewTool and I'll definitely be reading that essay!
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You must be have been assigned to me recently. I do apologize for my abrupt resignation as a mentor. I will always answer any questions you may have about Wikipedia but I feel as though I can not encourage editing the way I wish I could anymore. I can not throw my support behind this encyclopedia so long as it allows racial bias to guide its policies. There are phenomenal people here that I have grown to love and care for greatly. I will continue to do that. Good luck to you and I wish you all the best. Thank you for editing. --ARoseWolf18:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you've had that experience, but I understand it. I've been getting burnt out lately (with other things), but I hope to have the energy to edit again soon.
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It would seem you are the first to edit my own user page. I tip my hat to you for catching the typo. If you have interests in film articles, we shall talk. Paleface Jack (talk) 04:33, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a wonder where executive dysfunction can take someone - it seems that today, it was your user page!
Sadly, I don't have much interest in film articles... music and science articles are more my thing, though my edits are only at surface level of late. I do hope to gain the time and experience to edit more substantially... one of these days, when college isn't taking up all of my precious focus. > Tesseractic:talk?✎04:52, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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I think the writing was on the wall, but I can't do the adoption thing anymore. I just don't have the time commitment. If you'd like, I can add to my adoption course in case you adopt any users in the future. Regards, thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/$01:48, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I had a feeling, and that's alright. I haven't been the most active anyway. If you could add me to your course, that would be great. I'd love to train new users once I am more available to do so. > Tesseractic:talk?✎23:54, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey there, I stumbled across your page as I was cleaning up incoming redirects and links and noticed you had a todo list for an article for this. As you can see at A Family Christmas (Bocelli album) - the article exists now :) If you'd like to jump in and help expand it, you are more than welcome :) Especially the reception section could use some additional details of the charts of the album. Raladic (talk) 06:57, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you kindly! I'll see about helping, but I am quite busy with college as of late. Maybe I'll have to throw more things into the Andrea Bocelli Coalition page... I didn't expect anyone else to go through my list, so I've left it unattended for a while. It's much appreciated! ☆ > Tesseractic:talk?✎03:15, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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