User talk:4D4850

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Emergency Whale Button

Everybody who sees this (which is nobody), at this link, I have an unofficial now official template that I’ll let anyone copy the code of, as long as they put some note saying anyone can copy the code and note together. If anyone is curious, this is the template:

Emergency User Smash Button

Editors: Use this button if the user is malfunctioning or needs a major clue adjustment. (direct link)
Editors can a malfunctioning user to the village stocks.

Category:Wikipedia slapping templates

This code will be kept here as a monument to when it was unofficial. So don’t call me out admins.

2021 storming of the United States Capitol overlinking RfC

This seems like something that you could have just boldly done, or at most mentioned reasons for on the talk page. Did you already try that, or is there some other reason that you felt an RfC was warranted? VQuakr (talk) 19:31, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

@VQuakr: I felt that since the page was controversial, that it would be good to make sure that the consensus wasn’t feeling like the links were fine. I’ll remove unnecessary links, and if it gets reverted, I’ll continue the RfC. 4D4850 (talk) 19:34, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Sounds great! Certainly some caution is warranted in a controversial area and I applaud that, but for this specific case a RfC feels like overkill. Happy editing! VQuakr (talk) 19:49, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Requesting article expansion help

Greetings

Lately you seem to have engaged with article Iran.

Requesting you to visit articles Draft:Irrational beliefs and Draft:Humor during the COVID-19 pandemic and please do expand them if find yourself interested.

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku (talk) 04:03, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Self enforced one day break from editing for assuming bad faith

I won't make any edits from when school ends today to when school ends tomorrow due to assuming bad faith. 4D4850 (talk) 15:40, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

ANI

Hi 4D4850 - I'm reaching out to you because I've seen you hanging around ANI a lot recently, and commenting on quite a lot of threads. ANI is an open forum, anyone can read it and comment. However, speaking generally, folk expect people commenting there to be experienced, and very conversant with policy and best practice. I'm not saying that any particular comment you've made there is problematic, but I have seen cases before where new accounts take too much of an interest in ANI and end up rubbing people up the wrong way. After all, we're here to build an encyclopaedia, but you've made substantially more edits to ANI than you have to any other page here. Can I politely suggest that you maybe spend a bit more time contributing elsewhere? WP:GOCE is a place a lot of people get involved with, or you could try writing an article? WP:FIRST is a good guide to doing your first one. Trust me, it's a lot more enjoyable than watching people argue. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 19:07, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

I choose to do the maintenance tasks on ANI, and I learn quite a bit of policy while lurking there. I know I can help the encyclopedia in more direct ways, but at the moment I choose to do tasks for ANI. Also, you vastly underestimate how much fun I have watching other people argue to attempt to reach an agreement. 4D4850 (talk) 19:18, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

You should contribute on WP:DRN if you want to help the encyclopedia by resolving content-related stuff. I find you having fun over serious business like that kinda disturbing tbh. Feynstein (talk) 19:39, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

I support the above concerns: I've seen various editors eventually blocked as not being here for the encyclopedia, for only editing admin noticeboards. Since this account is new it's an opportunity to avoid that, —PaleoNeonate – 10:16, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll start editing mainspace more. 4D4850 (talk) 14:08, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

I must admit I've had the same concerns. The current thread on XIIIfromTOKYO, you're really not helping things there and are ultimately just causing more noise and confusion. Canterbury Tail talk 17:57, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll stop doing major contribs to controversial ANI threads, at least until I get better at discussing in a way that doesn't make large quantities of noise. 4D4850 (talk) 17:59, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

In other words, they are saying, this would be a phenomonally bad idea. ——Serial 18:30, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

And it was. I didn't realize being unable to have self-consistent thoughts would buy me a full day of criticism. Not too bad though, given the fact I'm a failure at everything except math. 4D4850 (talk) 19:16, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

I am trying to now only reply to ANI when people replied to me, though. 4D4850 (talk) 19:17, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Suggestion from the peanut gallery

Hi 4D4850, I hope you don't mind me sticking my oar in here; we briefly communicated at the GOCE earlier and my sensors detect a potentially good contributor in our midst. I echo Girth Summit's suggestion to concentrate on mainspace edits and refrain from commenting at the dramah boards until you're more experienced here. I've seen many editors pass this way before and many of those have been blocked or banned for being unintentionally disruptive in project space and digging their heels in (Galendalia springs to mind right now), and you don't want to end up like them. As my imaginary grandmother might have said; "It's fun to watch the circus but it's not much fun to be the clown".[citation needed]. Copy-editing is a good way to build skills and WP editing experience; the Guild's "how to" page is here, and you don't need to be a Guild member to copy-edit articles. Or choose a subject that interests you and improve those articles. You could also start by gnoming for a bit; that is, making small changes to articles that improve them. There is also Cleanup and Typo Team, where your help would also be appreciated. I wish you well and hope to see you at the Guild soon. Cheers and happy editing, Baffle☿gab 02:45, 24 February 2021 (UTC).

Slightly stronger suggestion

Hi - when an editor rocks up at ANI with a problem, they are expecting an admin to take a look and offer advice. Offering your opinion about content on a noticeboard which is about conduct really isn't helpful, and it could actually be disruptive (by sidetracking the discussion, unnecessarily lengthening the thread and making the actual issue harder to deal with). Again - I'm not saying you can't read the page, or even comment there occasionally when you have something useful to offer, but remember the purpose of the noticeboard, and don't take it upon yourself to be the first person to respond to an enquiry. GirthSummit _(blether) 17:48, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Girth Summit: Thanks! I am trying to edit more on mainspace, but I haven't had time to fit in Wikipedia with all the other stuff I try to mentally juggle. 4D4850 (talk) 17:52, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

4D4850, yes, I see that from your conribs, that's likely to be a much more productive way to contribute. Cheers GirthSummit _(blether) 17:59, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I think I need to comment here before this gets archived

My thoughts are as follows: When you came to ANI and offered your help, http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1060#The_Eloquent_Peasant I was completely taken aback. Your very specific comments to another user regarding me are as follows: "Remember to notify all parties with an ANI-notice. Block per WP:NOTHERE or TBAN for Puerto Rico and all articles of interest to wiki project Puerto Rico. 4D4850 (talk) 14:48, 22 February 2021 (UTC)"

"Remember to notify all parties with an ANI-notice" is fair. (the user had forgotten or didn't know to notify me) But what does Block per WP:NOTHERE or " TBAN for Puerto Rico and all articles of interest to wiki project Puerto Rico" mean?

What a very specific idea against me.
Not saying anyone here noticed that specific exchange but I'm glad the community noticed, in general. I'm glad they're paying attention.

Just to note: No one, anywhere on WP has ever discussed topic banning me on Puerto Rico. So I found that extremely odd. Thank you to all. -The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 13:50, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

@The Eloquent Peasant: Well, based on the diffs, it did appear that a topic ban would be valid. I apologize if you think I jumped to a conclusion too fast. I crossed out Block per WP:NOTHERE because I, after posting, realized a block would be extreme. I (again) apologize if you think I was acting too fast, but I don't have any personal beef against you. 4D4850 (talk) 19:33, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Also, note my use of the word did , as I think that a TBAN would no longer be valid. 4D4850 (talk) 19:34, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Carbon Tax Edit

Hello! I was curious as to why you removed the copy edit tag on Carbon Tax. It was right after I made some copy edits, so it seemed to lend the idea that you did it because of me. I am essentially certain that that page needs more copy-editing, but I do not have the time to do all the work needed there right now. Unless you have information that I don't or seriously believe that the page should no longer be tagged, I politely suggest you revert your edit.

All the best Aapehill (talk) 02:04, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

No, I did it because I did some clarification and no more tags were on there. About to self-revert. 4D4850 (talk) 13:09, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Fake RNN Article

I have been interested in neural nets for NLP lately, and this seems pretty cool. What model are you using? jp×g 21:25, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

@JPxG:I didn't make it, but instead just put Andrej Karpathy's RNN sample for wikitext code into a user subpage to see how it parses. I am also interested in neural networks, I just don't know how to code. Thanks for expressing interest though! 4D4850 (talk) 16:06, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I do want to make a neural network though, or at least get a neural net's code to compile on my Debian ૭ (I couldn't find a debian logo in unicode, so this will have to suffice (also if anyone knows a debian logo in unicode, please tell me how to put it in wikitext)) system. 4D4850 (talk) 13:47, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: trout — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.168.48 (talk) 20:24, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

err, What is the reason I've been trouted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4D4850 (talk • contribs) 00:39, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Lmao, you should have trouted back. This one goes into my User:1234qwer1234qwer4/Best WikiLove ever list. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:29, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

GOCE June 2021 newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2021 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June newsletter, our first newsletter of 2021, which is a brief update of Guild activities since December 2020. To unsubscribe, follow the link at the bottom of this box. Current events Election time: Voting in our mid-year Election of Coordinators opened on 16 June and will conclude at the end of the month. GOCE coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Have your say and show support here. June Blitz: Our June copy-editing blitz is underway and will conclude on 26 June. Drive and blitz reports January Drive: 28 editors completed 324 copy edits totalling 714,902 words. At the end of the drive, the backlog had reached a record low of 52 articles. (full results) February Blitz: 15 editors completed 48 copy edits totalling 142,788 words. (full results) March Drive: 29 editors completed 215 copy edits totalling 407,736 words. (full results) April Blitz: 12 editors completed 23 copy edits totalling 56,574 words. (full results) May Drive: 29 editors completed 356 copy edits totalling 479,013 words. (full results) Other news Progress report: as of 26 June, GOCE participants had completed 343 Requests since 1 January. The backlog has fluctuated but remained in control, with a low of 52 tagged articles at the end of January and a high of 620 articles in mid-June. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu and Twofingered Typist, and from member Reidgreg. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

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GOCE April 2022 newsletter

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June GOCE newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors' October 2022 newsletter

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter Hello and welcome to our latest newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since October. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Blitz: Our October Copy Editing Blitz focused on July and August 2022 request months; and articles tagged for c/e in December 2021 and January 2022. Seventeen of those who signed up claimed at least one copy-edit, and between them copy-edited forty-six articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: In the November Backlog Elimination Drive, thirty editors signed up, twenty-two of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Both target months—December 2021 and January 2022—were cleared, and February was added to the target months. Sixteen requests were copy-edited and 239 articles were removed from the backlog. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our seven-day-long December 2022 Copy Editing Blitz begins on 17 December at 00:01 (UTC)*. It will focus on articles tagged for copy-edit in February 2022, and pending requests from September and October. Barnstars awarded will be available here. Progress report: As of 22:40, 8 December 2022, GOCE copyeditors have processed 357 requests since 1 January, there were seventy-four requests outstanding and the backlog stands at 1,791 articles. We always need skilled copy-editors; please help out if you can. Election news: Nomination of candidates for the GOCE's Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2023 is open and continues until 23:59 on 15 December. Voting begins at 00:01 on 16 December and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under ArbCom or community sanctions) are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed. Coordinators serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on June 30. If you've thought about helping out at the Guild, please nominate yourself or any editor you consider suitable—with their permission, of course!. It's your Guild and it doesn't coordinate itself. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers and best seasonal wishes from your GOCE coordinators, Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Tenryuu, and Zippybonzo. *All times and dates on this newsletter are UTC. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2022 Newsletter error

The GOCE December 2022 newsletter, as sent on 9 December, contains an erroneous start date for our December Blitz. The Blitz will start on 11 December rather than on 17 December, as stated in the newsletter. I'm sorry for the mistake and for disrupting your talk page; thanks for your understanding. Sent by Baffle gab1978 via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

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Guild of Copy Editors 2022 Annual Report

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Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December and our Annual Report for 2022. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members, including those who have signed up for our current March Backlog Elimination Drive. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2022 coordinator election, Reidgreg and Tenryuu stepped down as coordinators; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo were returned as coordinators until 1 July. For the second time, no lead coordinator was chosen. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 21 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 14 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 170 articles totaling 389,737 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our February Copy Editing Blitz focused on October and November 2022 requests, and the March and April 2022 backlogs. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine claimed at least one copy-edit; and between them, they copy-edited 39,150 words in 22 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up now for our month-long March Backlog Elimination Drive. Barnstars awarded will be posted here after the drive closes. Progress report: As of 12:08, 19 March 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 73 requests since 1 January 2023, all but five of them from 2022, and the backlog stands at 1,872 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here. Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybongo. *All times and dates in this newsletter are in UTC, and may significantly vary from your local time. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Septermber GOCE newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page. Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself! June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here. July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here. August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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