I pretty much said it all in the title. Wikipedia increasingly suffers from a growing reputation for political correctness and left-wing bias, which threatens the minimal credibility which your project has at this time. Everyone involved in "policing" Wikipedia would do well to reform your approach to biography toward a more politically neutral perspective before you lose all credibility altogether. Al Gore does not deserve your shielding against his own bad behavior.174.103.158.201 (talk) 22:21, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I am interested in Byzantine history and find the final collapse and aftermath of the Empire to be interesting. I felt some details were lacking, so I found what I could online. Since the subject article is a featured article, are there any restrictions on adding material? I found some new material and only some of it comes from scholarly sources. However, I think it is all valid.Bill Pollard (talk) 07:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Bill, there are no particular restrictions as long as you stick to our sourcing policies. Feel free to write back for more assistance. WifioneMessage03:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles.
Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! Seehere for details. – Your drive coordinators:Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
... in the April 2012 timeframe. I found this out because about a half-hour ago, this user put a section called "Cowards" on my talk page, with the line "cowards don't belong on Wikipedia" ????????? I have no idea who this nut is, or why the msg was left. He has recently had his talk page 'archived' and it is difficult to find, because the archive doesn't show up. ANYWAY, I am just notifying you because you seem to have had to use Administrative discipline on him in the past, and thought I'd bring this to your attention. Thanks. HammerFilmFan (talk) 00:36, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hammer, I've started keeping a watch on the comments of Baboon. Baboon, this is again a straightforward advice before a formal warning to stop addressing individuals in the manner that you seem to be doing. WifioneMessage09:38, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Autopatrolling request
Hi, apologies for taking so long to reply. It's been 10 days without Internet at my place (and counting) and I'm losing patience with BT! I've been able to reply to your queries today using someone else's Internet. agin, apologies for the delay. CheersDel♉sion23(talk)12:03, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Wifione. I noticed that you are an edit filter manager. I was hoping we could create an edit tag that appears when someone adds feedback to an article. That way, you could filter edits for feedback. It could be similar to the "Section blanking" style tags, but would instead say something like "Adding article feedback". You can find relevant discussion at User talk:Okeyes (WMF)#"Misbehavior" at article feedback. RyanVeseyReview me!14:52, 18 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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since im trying to maintain my cool as i continue to be attacked by users and sock puppets can you take a look at article Abdullah al-Harari the perpetrator is most likely mckhan with ip's..i was involved in several edit warring with his sock puppets and i was blocked by you on article Al-Ahbash. Baboon43 (talk) 08:47, 26 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article.Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in Augusthere.
Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress).
Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators:Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
Hello Wifione, how are you today? I am a new Wikipedia contributor (And I hope to be for a long time and maybe an Administrator in the future), Since you are someone who makes nominations for admin ship, I am wondering if you could answer one question, How long would you say is a long enough time to prove to the community you are a good future administrator? A few months, A year? how long would you say.
Hi John and welcome to wikipedia! There has never been any editor who passes WP:RFA with experience less then 6 months. Lately, the standards of RFA have gone high thus community, to trust anyone looks upon regular editing of 10 months or 1 year. It is not only dependent on experience. Factors such as judgement skills, content contributions, civility and knowledge in admin-related areas are one of the major factors which editor take for consideration during RFA. You might also like to read Wikipedia:Miniguide to requests for adminship. Cheers! TheSpecialUserTSU01:28, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I've requested for rollback permission while ago but declined due to my mindless understanding of vandalism and asked to request directly on your talk page.I've referred some the pages related to how to identify vandalism.Meantime,done some work in accordance.Please refer my contributions.Thank You 25 CENTS VICTORIOUS☣15:51, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
My name is arun kumar sharma. I am an INDIAN. I am highly interested in the military and military aviation and i am also very knowledgeable about it. So i want to become an administrator in wikipedia to get some essential rights which are required for me to editing and doing some other task. I swear that i will help to increase the reputation of the wikipedia. So sir, please nominate me for adminship and i will provide my 100 % efforts to improve the wikipedia. Thank You Sir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arun sharma 101 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Arun and welcome to wikipedia! If you are intrested in military, why not join Wikipedia:Military history. There has never been any editor who passes WP:RFA with experience of less then 6 months. Lately, the standards of RFA have gone high thus community, to trust anyone looks upon regular editing of 10 months or an year at least. It is not only dependent on experience. Factors such as judgement skills, content contributions, civility and knowledge in admin-related areas as well as understanding of policies are one of the major factors which editor take for consideration during RFA. You might also like to readWikipedia:Miniguide to requests for adminship and Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates. Right now, you have no chances to pass RFA and your request will be closed per WP:NOTNOW as your intentions are not clear. You don't need admin bit to improve those articles. Happy editing! TheSpecialUserTSU04:47, 17 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest.
I can not unify my accounts. The message is "Login unification not complete!"
Even after I give the password at "If these accounts do belong to you, you can finish the login unification process simply by typing the passwords for the other accounts here: "
I have requested for a rollback permission on your talk page a long ago,but you didnt answered.Please let me know your decision by replying on my talk page.regards. Thank you -25 CENTS VICTORIOUS☣08:50, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, andTorchiest.
Hi Wifione ! I have started my second editor review at Wikipedia:Editor review/TheGeneralUser (2). I will be greatly delighted, thankful and valued to have your review for me regarding my editing and possible candidate forAdminship. I see you also evaluate possible candidates for Adminship as you had chosen to do so on Wikipedia:Request an RfA nomination, so do evaluate me too! As you are a experienced and long term Wikipedian so i have asked for your kind review. Take your time to review my editing and give the best review that you can :). Feel free to ask me any questions you would like to on the review page itself. It will be a great honor to have you review me for which I will truly feel appreciated and helpful! I always work to improve Wikipedia and make it a more better place to be for Everyone :). Regards and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 19:32, 4 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The Olive Branch: A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #1)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active indispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page.
Steven Zhang's Fellowship Slideshow
In this issue:
Background: A brief overview of the DR ecosystem.
Research: The most recent DR data
Survey results: Highlights from Steven Zhang's April 2012 survey
Activity analysis: Where DR happened, broken down by the top DR forums
DR Noticeboard comparison: How the newest DR forum has progressed between May and August
Discussion update: Checking up on the Wikiquette Assistance close debate
user runehelmet will not stop calling users hypocrites and turns discussion personal on talk he is unable to talk civilly can an admin step in here? Baboon43 (talk) 17:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us!
Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable.
Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote!
Participation: Out of 41 people who signed up this drive, 28 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.
Progress report: We achieved our primary goal of clearing July, August, September and October 2011 from the backlog. This means that, for the first time since the drives began, the backlog is less than a year. At least 677 tagged articles were copy edited, although 365 new ones were added during the month. The total backlog at the end of the month was 2341 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We completed all 54 requests outstanding before September 2012 as well as eight of those made in September.
Copy Edit of the Month: Voting is now over for the August 2012 competition, and prizes will be issued soon. TheSeptember 2012 contest is closed for submissions and open for voting. The October 2012 contest is now open for submissions. Everyone is welcome to submit entries and to vote.
The October 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best October copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC).
NEW!! In the week from Sunday 21 October to Saturday 27 October, we are holding a Project Blitz, in which we will copy edit articles tagged with {{copyedit}} belonging to selected project(s). For the first blitz, we'll start with WikiProject Olympics and WikiProject Albums and add more Projects to the blitz as we clear them. The blitz works much like our bimonthly drives, but a bit simpler. Everyone is welcome to take part, and barnstars will be awarded.
November 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on November 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on November 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in 2011 and to complete all requests placed before the end of October. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg,Allens, and Torchiest.
I am not that old to Wiki and have contributed to the ISB page in the past. Going thru your latest changes, I have a few questions for you:
What language did you find promotional on the page? Trying to learn more and more about Wiki, I have tried to oversee as well as add information that was neutral and factual in its tone
Why do you consider non-accreditation by AICTE as a controversy? While you yourself have kept the info on the former Dean stating that ISB did not reach AICTE - why does need to be the intro and be regarded as a controversy?
Between AICTE & AACSB - who do you think recognizes schools? AICTE is an Indian body that is concerned with meeting of fixed criterion and 'approves' institutes while AACSB is the oldest global accreditation agency.
Let me know your thoughts so that I can know the way forward in the future
