User talk:JalenBarks
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Regarding page reviewer
Thank you to everyone who recommended I try out the New Page Reviewer right, however, I have opted not to make it permanent nor do I intend on returning to it for as long as this message is up. New page reviewing doesn't seem to make sense to me given all I've ever used it for (mostly) was page reviewing redirects following bad article attempts. Even that part of Wikipedia has given me a small amount of stress, and I've had to back away from disputes to avoid making that stress worse.
In short, it doesn't make sense to me to keep a user right if I know I'm not going to use it as frequently, especially given I might leave Wikipedia within the next few years. Jalen Folf (talk) 18:44, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
- Hi. I was coming here to leave a message to you regarding NPP, and saw this. Too bad, we could use quality folks over there, but I definitely understand about the stress. Thanks for all you do. Onel5969 TT me 15:21, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Point X camp revert help
Hello, I saw that you reverted my edit creating a disambiguation page for Point X (thank you for that). As this was my first attempt trying to solve a disambiguation situation, I wasn't sure what the best solution would be. Can you please help me understand what the preferred solution for this was and why? I looked through a lot of WP:DAB prior to the edit but clearly it's taking me a while to wrap my head around. Should I have considered the original redirect to be the primary topic? Any insight you could provide would be appreciated to help me improve my future editing. Thank you. JJbloon (talk) 15:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- My apologies, I only just managed to notice the actual edit summary with WP:WTAF. I only read the tags and saw reverted, and thus came here to ask for help. Thanks again and have a good one. JJbloon (talk) 15:25, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Short pages
Hi JalenBarks, just saw your addition of Short pages monitor to Scribbled rabbitfish. Would there be a way to make {{Animal common name}} or {{Plant common name}} to mark the pages as automatically not appearing on the Short page list? I note Bog orchid for example is there now. Best, CMD (talk) 03:03, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi CMD. The reason Bog orchid is still on Short Pages is because adding long comment to the page would put it over 550 bytes, putting it on Category:Long monitored short pages. The code for the script I'm using does not allow me to insert it automatically, and even if I inserted it manually, Bot1058 is coded to remove the long comment after. See details on this task's approval process at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Bot1058 5. Inserting the code into the set index footer templates, however, would be more complicated given you can't direct substitute those templates unlike long comment. Jalen Barks (Woof) 03:14, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- Helpful read, thanks. I see there is some old discussion on the matter at Wikipedia talk:Special:ShortPages. Anyway, I'll try to remember it if I ever create another short page that isn't a disambiguation page. Thanks, CMD (talk) 03:37, 10 September 2024 (UTC)