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help triage some feedback
Hey guys.
I appreciate this isn't quite what you signed up for, but I figured as people who are already pretty good at evaluating whether material is useful or not useful through Special:NewPages, you might be interested :). Over the last few months we've been developing the new Article Feedback Tool, which features a free text box. it is imperative that we work out in advance what proportion of feedback is useful or not so we can adjust the design accordingly and not overwhelm you with nonsense.
This is being done through the Feedback Evaluation System (FES), a tool that lets editors run through a stream of comments, selecting their value and viability, so we know what type of design should be promoted or avoided. We're about to start a new round of evaluations, beginning with an office hours session tomorrow at 18:00 UTC. If you'd like to help preemptively kill poor feedback, come along to #wikimedia-office and we'll show you how to use the tool. If you can't make it, send me an email at okeyes
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DJ King SamS
Please help me. I am new here and am trying to learn the ways. Left a note at Talk:DJ King SamS but by then my article was deleted.
My previous page was deleted because of lack of notability. This time there are quite a few new references and links.Please editors you got to guide me rather then just deleting my page. I have tried to contact User:Ron Ritzman (who had deleted my article before) but there is no response from him from almost more than 40 hrs. As I was not aware of the rules I just went ahead and published the page. My sincere apologies for doing so. Give me a chance please. Please do remove the articles for Speedy Deletion and tell me what exactly is wrong with it. Waiting for your quick response. (Tani12 (talk) 19:53, 23 March 2012 (UTC))
- Waiting for your reply. My article just needed some notability which I think was very clear now. Please I do not understand why you put it up for speedy deletion. Now that it is deleted can you help me in any way, please? Did you read the points I put up on User talk:Tani12/DJ King SamS. Please do assist. —Preceding undated comment added 10:18, 24 March 2012 (UTC).
- I didn't delete the article, it was deleted by an admin and has been undeleted as a draft in your user space. The basic problem is that there is not sufficient coverage in reliable sources to demonstrate notability per WP:BIO. Hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 14:33, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks a lot for the help and kind approach. I understand what you are saying. Tani12 (talk) 22:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC))
Empathic Accuracy
Hi, I am editing the Empathic Accuracy article and wanted to know what is inappropriate and appropriate for editing articles because what I posted is what my professor had instructed of me. I'm new to Wikipedia and am changing the article for a class assignment and in conjunction with the APS project. Please let me know how I can better improve this without interrupting the system. Thank you Imaig1 (talk) 16:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Permissions
Hello I've sent the requested evidence to the Permissions email address, which I hope will suffice. This consisted of an email from the principal heir and executrix of the William Newport Goodell estate, who is the copyright owner.
However, not sure what action I need to take regarding the following, as I thought I'd filled in all the rationales, etc. "If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use." Ta. Montpelier31 (talk) 02:15, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
- If the permission is acceptable, ie for all purposes and not just for use on Wikipedia, the permissions team will tag it accordingly and you will not have to do anything else.--ukexpat (talk) 18:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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William Newport Goodell
Hello I have strengthened the fair use rationale for the Wood Engraver image at File:The_Wood_Engraver_by_William_Newport_Goodell.jpg
The permission to use the artist's images is a general permission. Here is the operational text of an email (minus contact details) from the copyright owner and forwarded to the Permissions department (with all details). Does this look likely to suffice and will they let me know beforehand, or will the images just disappear with no further opportunity to support their use?
To whom it may concern: As executor for the last will and testament of William Newport Goodell, (1908-1999) I give full permission to ..... to deal with copyright license and all related issues pertaining to William Goodell.--98.155.80.91 (talk) 03:52, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
- I cannot say for sure whether that permission is sufficient. If it is not, the folks who handle permissions will let you know. Even if the images are deleted, they can be undeleted if sufficient permission is provided later.--ukexpat (talk) 13:05, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
COI
Thank you very much. I am still relatively new at this, but learning. I am now watchful for any potential conflicts of interest. Thank you,
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Hey! Big update on what the developers have been working on, and what is coming up:
coding
- Fixes for the "moved pages do not show up in Special:NewPages" and "pages created from redirects do not show up in Special:NewPages" bugs have been completed and signed off on. Unfortunately we won't be able to integrate them into the existing version, but they will be worked into the Page Triage interface.
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I've also just heard that the first functional prototype for enwiki will be deployed mid-April! Really, really stoked to see this happening :). We're finding out if we can stick something up a bit sooner on prototype.wiki or something.
I appreciate there may be questions or suggestions where I've said "I'll find out and get back to you" and then, uh. not ;p. I sincerely apologise for that: things have been a bit hectic at this end over the last few weeks. But if you've got anything I've missed, drop me a line and I'll deal with it! Further questions or issues to the usual address. Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 17:13, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
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That display either the Union Flag or the England Flag. You lost the right to display them and allign yourself with them when you decided to show disloyalty to this country and leave it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.31.9.110 (talk) 11:54, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hello, Ukexpat
Just wanted to thank you for fixing the article!
All the best, MoscowpianistMoscowpianist (talk) 11:18, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
- Happy to.--ukexpat (talk) 20:58, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
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I'm curious
Hi Ukexpat,
I remember you from many years ago and all the hard work you did at various help desk areas. I recently saw a post by you and thought I'd drop by. I noticed on your user page the admin. box "I'd like to be one". I was wondering why you weren't an admin. by now if you did want to be one. You have certainly been around long enough, you're intelligent and mature enough, and your calm and sage edits certainly qualify you for those tools. I admit I haven't gone through your talk page archives, and I suspect you've answered this before, but I was just wondering. — Ched : ? 17:59, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
todd siler
Dear Ukeexpat,
I am trying to update the wiki page on the scholar, artist, scientist Todd Siler. I do not believe I have a conflict of interest, client was the incorrect term I used at the help desk. I am not employed by Dr.Siler but am familiar with his work and his field of endeavor. All the references I have tried to include are academic in nature and the video clips were meant to expand the viewers experience in the field of ArtScience as heralded by Dr. Siler.
I removed the YouTube links as you suggested and would like to know how they might be added under another section. These are video presentations of Dr. Siler's lectures and art installations.
All the references and external links have been removed. How can I make these edits appropriately and do justice to Dr. Siler?
Thank you fro your kind attention to this matter.
Todd SIler Wiki PAGE
Dear Ukexpat,
I am hoping for your response today regarding my edits of yesterday. Since then, I am very grateful to several wiki editors who successfully improved the page with obvious experience. External links have been downsized and properly headed.
I see a citation needed message on the Fractal Reactor section which I presume could be accomplished by footnoting the scholarly publications regarding Dr. Siler's work on nuclear fusion. Is that the way to go? Is an inline citation the same as a footnote? And should there be one for every reference?
As I stated yesterday, Dr. Siler has contributed to many publications and much has been written about him as evident in the reference section, all of which if fully verifiable.
What still needs to be done to improve the site and to hopefully get the two header WIKI citations removed?
Thank you for you kind attention. I see from comments that you are a respected editor and I appreciate your counsel. — Preceding unsigned comment added by George Cabe (talk • contribs) 11:54, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
External links
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Following your message above, would link to pdf be acceptable for the pond page ?
http://www.pondconservation.org.uk/Resources/Pond%20Conservation/Documents/PDF/toolkit-overview.pdf
or better to raise on talk page ? (this doesn't look v active recently)
Many thanks Nodiflora (talk) 15:18, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
- No, these links seem to be intended only to promote the organization and are unacceptable per WP:EL. You are perfectly entitled to raise it on the talk page, but I doubt you will get a different answer.--ukexpat (talk) 15:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
todd siler wiki page 2
My attempt to improve the page mentioned above with increased links and references have resulted in tremendous embarrassment. Though my intentions were meant to expand the educational value by adding verifiable information there is a COI and a citation that labels the page as an advertisement. My only concern now is how to rectify this situation. I did not intend to do anything that would shed a negative light on the subject and or the accomplishments. I fear the citations do just that.I will gladly resign as an editor but wish to know what can be done to clean up the page. Can I appeal to others for help? Shall I remove edits that I made?
I am truly disturbed b the turn of events. My inexperience has proven to be damaging.
I would so appreciate clear advice on steps to take to resolve the issues at hand. I read everything that the help desk is telling me to but it does not clarify how best I can eradicate the situation.
Thank you George Cabe (talk) 19:06, 11 April 2012 (UTC).
- Please read and follow the advice set out at WP:COI and also read WP:PAID. Wikipedia is not the place for paid agents to write or edit articles about their clients.--ukexpat (talk) 19:11, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
- Thank you for your response. I am very concerned over these turn of events and trying my best to understand them and do what is right. I was simply trying to improve the page with useful educational information.
- I am not a paid editor for anyone. I have revealed the potential COI on the talk page. I wish to rectify the now diminished condition of the Siler wiki page which was never my intention. Please know that I added only links and verifiable published references to the scholars work. I did not write the original page and did little to edit it. It's clear that this was my first edit and I honestly felt that the information that I was adding was acceptable according to what I read prior.
- What does one have to do to resolve a situation such as this? I am constantly directed to read the guidelines and I have done so. I am kindly asking for your help to restore the page to an acceptable standard and then I wish to withdraw my editorial status. Admittedly, I have found this process complicated and unfamiliar. I am unclear how to proceed. I am too afraid to make any more edits myself and rely on experience like yours to clear this matter up. Won't you please consider my request?
- I'm sure you can see that Dr.Siler is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia as his extensive work across interdisciplinary fields has great educational value.
- I greatly appreciate your help in this matter.George Cabe (talk) 19:59, 11 April 2012 (UTC).
- I thought you said at the Help Desk that he is your client? If so, that makes you a paid editor. In any event, I don't have time to deal with this now. I am sure others will respond to your second request at the Help Desk.--ukexpat (talk) 20:04, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Heroes Welcome
Hi Thanks for the advice on Citations, you are correct in that most of these are taken from the web so not entirely sure how to progress, I will do some research however it might take a while! I was trying to up load an image Logo for Heroes Welcome however this message came up, i did put a question on help desk
This is a disambiguation page! The page Heroes Welcome UK is not a real article, but a disambiguation page pointing to a number of other pages. Please check and enter the exact title of the actual target article you meant.
so wondered if your comment was related? I am a still a novice at wiki writing so my apolgies!
ThanksFwe506 (talk) 14:02, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
- Please take a look at WP:Referencing for beginners for more assistance with formatting references. In particular consider using the {{Cite web}} and {{Cite news}} templates. Your other question has been answered at the Help Desk.--ukexpat (talk) 14:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
- Will do, just been taking a look at the guidance notes and making some sense of it! Will now go back to the help desk for the other info. Again thanks for your advice and hope the sun is shining over expats. regardsFwe506 (talk) 14:14, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
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Gill Foundation
Hi,
I was just updating the wikipage for the Gill Foundation and it looks like everything I did this morning and was working on is gone - I was including external links per direction posted on the page yesterday... Is there anyway to revert back to my latest changes before today at 12:00 MT?
Thank you,
Will — Preceding unsigned comment added by Market2215 (talk • contribs) 18:12, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- I just left you a message on your talk page. Please read WP:EL for the proper use of external links - in brief they should be used as references (see WP:CITE) or in the External Links section.--ukexpat (talk) 18:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Wolff Olins update
Hi ukexpat,
I've written up a suggested edit for the "criticism" section of the Wolff Olins page and while its been up for almost a month at this point, there has been no activit- neither feedback nor moves to get it on the front page. I'm confident that this feels is a more BALANCED look, acknowledging both the notorious missteps and the award winning work created over the company's history. (i.e. PwC rebrand won the 2011 Brand New Award for Comprehensive Identity Program, AOL won bronze at the 2010 Cannes Lions, etc.). What do you think? (I've included the text below)
"Reputation: Wolff Olins is known for pushing the boundaries of strategy and design, often presenting non-standard and bold work[1]. In several instances, this has led to public debate and controversy. Its piper design for BT in 1991 attracted a great deal of opposition. The company was also responsible for the short-lived $110m (£75m) re-branding of PwC Consulting to Monday in 2002. The launch of the London 2012 logo in 2007 was met with widespread public derision in the UK, notably being viewed by many as a reconstruction of the letters of Zion to numerous red herrings, including a pornographic representation of the character Lisa Simpson.[21] At the same time, much of Wolff Olins’ work has received praise for being cutting-edge and inventive. Rebrands for the likes of PwC[2], (RED)[3], AOL[4] and Tate [5] have been widely recognized for stretching conventions and re-defining the concept of branding"
thanks, Sbl19 (talk) 19:27, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
- The statements "is known for pushing the boundaries of strategy and design" and "have been widely recognized for stretching conventions and re-defining the concept of branding" will need reliable sources.--ukexpat (talk) 19:44, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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- I could revert this, but you can take it as a badge of honor. Hey, considering the edit history, you could consider starting an SPI since I smell the avoidance of scrutiny. The DR thread will not go anywhere, but at some point "we" (whoever we are) will probably have to type up a paragraph explaining why this race dropping is not OK. *sigh* In other news, the sky is blue. Drmies (talk) 17:02, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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Chua Jin Chou
Dear Ukexpat, I have just created a profile for Chua Jin Chou:Chua jin chou I noticed that the alphabet J and C of "Jin" and "Chou" on top of the page are not in captial letters. I tried in vain to change them. I would very much appreciate if you could assist. Thank you very much.
With much appreciation,
Jia Min
Done, though I have to say that the article is very promotion/non-neutral in tone so don't be surprised if it is tagged as such.--ukexpat (talk) 14:10, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much Ukexpat. Greatly appreciate your kind assistance. I came to know the young boy and his brother through newspaper article. Very touched by their giving spirit and that's why I have spend hours just to create his profile. Going to create his younger brother one now. Much easier to do now...
Sincerely,Jia Min
Dear Ukexpat,
As mentioned by you, the article which I created has been tagged. May I know what should I do and how should I communicate with the person who did the tagging? What was put up are sources from Newspaper. I would appreciate your advice. Many thanks, Jia Min
- It was tagged by User:Scopecreep and the best way to communicate with them is on their talk page. You will need to find some additional reliable sources to deal with the notability issue and tone down the language. As it stands, the article looks like a "puff piece" for a minor local celebrity.--ukexpat (talk) 15:56, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
- It wasn't a newspaper article. The sites terms clearly says it hosts privately made articles. IT is nothing but promotion.Solomon7968 (talk) 16:15, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Dear UKexpat, I have just noticed a Speedy deletion message being tagged by Scopecreep upon the 3 articles created by me. I have spent many hours to create the articles..
I tried to creat a talk with Scopecreep but could not do so (This user is a member of WikiProject Spam.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scopecreep
As I am leaving for retreat camp for the next few days, I wonder what action I should take http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:%E8%8A%B1%E8%BF%B7
I would very much appreciate your kind assistance.
With much appreciation,
Jia Min
- The only thing I can suggest is to use the articles' talk pages to make your case that they not be deleted. That won't help though if the articles really are copyright violations - I haven't checked so I can offer no opinion on that. If articles do get deleted, you can ask for them to be undeleted as subpages in your user space so you can work on them to get them into shape before moving them back into the mainspace (this won't work if they are copyvios).--ukexpat (talk) 01:34, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Heroes Welcome
Hi thanks and wii do, I still have not had time to properly sort refernces etc but will try to get onto it when I have some time! Best regsFwe506 (talk) 09:39, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
COI Notice/Biotechnology in Maryland
Hello UKexpat, Don't know if you followed the deletion proceedings of Biotechnology in Maryland (which I will probably contest since the article was significantly re-written to be more neutral than the version many originally read), but just wanted to let you know I have declared my COI as a state employee on the deletion discussion page as well as my userpage and I will refrain from creating any further articles that could be interpreted as having a COI. Please know I have always strived to use third party references and only edited my articles (never reversing any edits from other users), and also never intentionally meaning to go against the wiki community guidelines. Now that I have a much better understanding of the guidelines, I am working to make my articles sound more balanced and to remove any promotional sounding elements. Biotechnology in Maryland has always been one of the state's strengths and key industries, so there has been much more positive news than negative news written about it. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Best, Ferddog (talk) 19:31, 21 April 2012 (UTC) (formerly mdbizauthor)
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Speedy deletion declined: Bovingdon Airfield
Hello Ukexpat. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Bovingdon Airfield, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: don't think this meets G11 - needs refs yes, but how can you promote something which shut 40 years ago? Thank you. SmartSE (talk) 22:39, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
- See the previous version - now it's a copyvio of http://www.bovingdonairfield.co.uk/history.htm .--ukexpat (talk) 22:41, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
- Ah ok. As I just noticed, we already have an article - RAF Bovingdon. SmartSE (talk) 22:44, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Barsuk Records discography
My last edit should not have been deleted by the cluebot. I noticed that on my last edit I had indicated that Barsuk were releaseing teh LP version of Ramona Falls but have since found out that it has been licensed to anothe record company.
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- Er, what?--ukexpat (talk) 16:37, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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Wolff Olins update
Hey ukexpat,
I posted a suggested edit on the Wolff Olins talk page several months ago and have not gotten a response. Can I take this to mean that there are no objections? Not sure if I tagged it wrong or if its just due to the fact that no one is interested! Anyways, would you mind giving some quick feedback on the following change? thanks!
Instead of a "criticism" section (which seems pretty unfair to me), what if the heading was "reputation." The section could read as follows:
Wolff Olins is known for pushing the boundaries of strategy and design, often presenting non-standard and bold work[1]. In several instances, this has led to public debate and controversy. Its piper design for BT in 1991 attracted a great deal of opposition. The company was also responsible for the short-lived $110m (£75m) re-branding of PwC Consulting to Monday in 2002. The launch of the London 2012 logo in 2007 was met with widespread public derision. [21] At the same time, much of Wolff Olins’ work has received praise for being cutting-edge and inventive. Rebrands for the likes of PwC[2], (RED)[3], AOL[4] and Tate [5] have been widely recognized for stretching conventions and re-defining the concept of branding.
Let me know what you think. best, Sbl19 (talk) 21:13, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
Have you ever considered ...
... becoming an OTRS agent?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sphilbrick (talk • contribs)
- Don't you have to be an admin to do that?--ukexpat (talk) 00:18, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
- No (although you should consider that as well). Many are admins, but many are not. Just glancing at the list, I'm guessing 60 or so of the 300 or so are not]. There are some advantages to being an admin - when dealing with stale requests, the file in question may have been deleted, but if we catch up, that will become less of a problem. I think help desk experience is perfectly suited for much of the work, and you are obviously very qualified in that area.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 16:06, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
New Pages update
Hey Ukexpat/Archive 28 :). A quick update on how things are going with the New Page Triage/New Pages Feed project. As the enwiki page notes, the project is divided into two chunks: the "list view" (essentially an updated version of Special:NewPages) and the "article view", a view you'll be presented with when you open up individual articles that contains a toolbar with lots of options to interact with the page - patrolling it, adding maintenance tags, nominating it for deletion, so on.
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improvements to Eric Arnott article - help please
Thank you for your previous help with this article
Further references and in line citations have been added to improve the article. Is this now sufficient to remove the 'multiple issue warnings'. What else needs to be done to further improve? Thanks Mike Ovigalltd 2.101.204.87 (talk) 14:59, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
- Done – ukexpat (talk) 15:08, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
Life is good
thanks so much for your prompt and "Right On" (as we used to say in the 60s) assistance. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 16:36, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
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Another one
Hi.
You missed another one here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Café.
We didn't have poncy French acutes on our e's in those days either. --Bridge Boy (talk) 20:44, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Is the Airline Deregulation Article Still Bias?
Hey there. I kinda a newb. Been a member for a few years, but don't edit too much. I notice you stopped in to the article shortly after my posting the news about my updates and additions to the talk page on the editing disputes article. I notice the bias tag still exists at the top of the Airline Deregulation article. And, oh my goodness, yet another one about too many external links added as well. RE: Too many external links Having seen warnings posted about how easily removed uncited material is and knowing this article is inevitably in danger of an edit war (Tea Party vs. Occupy movement on government involvement in services) I found that any additions needed to be cited. I made lot to balance the once overly conservative article neutral. RE: Photo placement. Being an casual yet formally school artist, I weighed the aesthetic consequence of too much negative space over article domination of an image. It's a neutral image, so that was my rational. We'll leave it 250px anyway.
So, long question short; let me know why the Bias tag remains. Thanks. --XB70Valyrie (talk) 21:07, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
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Heads up
I saw Ottis Toole, and then I saw Henry Lee Lucas (and I also looked at John Allen Muhammad). This IP is serious. He might get blocked soon--I've cited them for edit-warring--but this will need some attention. Drmies (talk) 03:49, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
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