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WP:Co-op: Presentation at Wikimania 2015

Hey Soni. I've put in a submission for a presentation at Wikimania 2015 called Is Two the Magic Number?: The Co-op and New Editor Engagement through Mentorship. I'll be talking about the state of finding help spaces on en.wiki and how our new mentorship space, The Co-op, factors into that picture. Reviewing will begin soon and I'll need your help to be able to present our work. Please review our proposal and give us feedback. If you would be interested in seeing this presentation, whether you are attending or not, please add your name to the signup at the bottom of the proposal (you do not need to attend Wikimania to express interest in presentations). I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} on behalf of Wikipedia:Co-op.

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Co-op: Mentor profiles and final pilot prep

Hey mentors, two announcements:

1. You can now make your profile at The Co-op! Please set up your mentor profile here as soon as you are able, as the pilot begins on March 4th. It isn't very involved and should only take a minute. If you need more info about what the different skills mean (e.g. writing, communication), please refer to these descriptions.
2. Profile creation, invitations, and automated matching of editors, profile creation, that will be coordinated through HostBot and a few gadgets may not be ready for our pilot, and will have to be done manually until they are ready. In preparation for the pilot, please read over these instructions on how we will be manually performing these tasks until the automated components are ready. I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} on behalf of Wikipedia:Co-op.

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Mentors for follow-up Co-op experiment

Hey dude. I'm working with a group of psychologists to design an experiment that I think would fit well with the co-op after the pilot is completed. I'm messaging you today to see what you think of the idea and whether or not you'd like to work with me on it.

Here's the gist: We'd like to assign newcomers to small group with other newcomers who join co-op at the same time. We'd provide a flow board that would act like a homeroom. Each homeroom would contain 5-10 newcomers. There's lots of fun psych theory that suggests that newcomers fare better when they are socialized within a peer group. We'd like to run a controlled experiment to see if the being invited to a homeroom predicts success in the co-op or editing. I imagine that we'd like to make homeroom assignments as part of the co-op intro flow. Otherwise, we wouldn't want to change anything about the co-op. There would still be 1:1 mentor-learner skill lessons. We'd only be looking to add a homeroom to the periphery of the co-op to see if it has the positive effects we expect.

Does this sound like something you'd be interested in? FWIW, I've already brought up the idea with I JethroBT. He likes the idea but put it on me to see if other co-op mentors are interested. --EpochFail (talk • contribs) 16:44, 24 March 2015 (UTC

• EpochFail, That actually sounds like a theory that could work. I really like the idea and it's certainly worth looking into and giving a shot. I'm definitely interested in helping around on this. When do you plan to invite newcomers to the homeroom (i.e. when they sign up for mentorship/ when their lesson starts etc)? Soni (talk) (Previously TheOriginalSoni) 23:09, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

\o/ I'd like to invite newcomers to the homeroom as early as possible. I suspect that the shared space would be good for helping newcomers get past the first few speed bumps. I still need to (1) get the researchers to write up a summary on meta and (2) confirm with DannyH (WMF) about Flow's roadmap and any potential extensions to logging that we'll need to do the analysis. As soon as I have those out of the way, I'll introduce you to the group.  :) --EpochFail (talk • contribs) 23:39, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

• EpochFail, Gotcha, sounds great! Soni (talk) (Previously TheOriginalSoni) 00:25, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Barnstar Giveaway! I award this to you for helping a lot of newcomers in the teahouse. Thanks for your support! Ryguyrocky (talk) 13:28, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

A.T Still University Edits

I'm currently working on how to correctly edit the content on the A.T. Still University page to not have the page be flagged as an advertisement. I would greatly appreciate any help regarding this issue, specifically what content we need to delete in order to remove the flag. I have tried multiple times to edit the content and remove content that I feel is written as an advertisement and it shortly after is deleted or changed back to the original content.

As an advertising agency on behalf of ATSU we want the page to contain only true facts regarding the University and it's entities. Wikipedia and ourselves both want the same result, I would just appreciate your help in getting to that point. Thank you in advance. LauraSchmitz20 — Preceding unsigned comment added by LauraSchmitz20 (talk • contribs) 18:25, 24 April 2015 (UTC)

--I Will Join Teahouse--

I Will Join [[1]]. Please Tell Me How To.

Co-op Pilot Results & Mentoring

Hey there! The Co-op has been on a hiatus for a bit, but we are planning on opening up shop again soon. When you're able, please read over and respond to this update on our talk page. We have favorable results from our final report regarding the pilot, and we are interested in seeing who is available to mentor when we reopen our space and begin to send out invites again. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:16, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

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Wikipedia Entry for Mulgrave School

Soni, my name is Karem Planas and I work for a non-profit independent high school in West Vancover BC (Mulgrave School). My predecessor created a Wikipedia entry for our school that was deemed to be promotional and advertising. Most of the schools around us have Wikepdia entries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood_School and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crofton_House_School). We would like to have the opportunity to edit the article in a way that meets Wikipedia guidelines. Should we dispute the delete or create a new page? If dispute is suggested, should I reach out to the last editor? Thanks Soni! Mulgravecomms (talk) 19:26, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

• Hello Karen (Mulgravecomms),

First, I see that your username is "Mulgravecomms" which appears to be an account for Mulgrave school than for your own personal uses. Per Wikipedia:Username_policy all accounts are supposed to be personal only, therefore I suggest that you either get the account name changed or make another account for yourself only and use that account for editing Wikipedia.

Now to answer your question, for any article to be created, Wikipedia requires that all articles here be notable. In this case, almost all schools are considered notable so that isnt an issue. But the content in those articles also needs to be neutral and encyclopediac. While I cannot see the article that was deleted, I think this is the case here. Can you link the article to me so I could see what the discussion is?

As for what you should be doing, I suggest that you dispute the delete but also make sure to remove anything that might be considered promotional. This means that anything that is not a fact needs to be removed or sourced. For example, statements such as "The school was established in 1980" will be a fact, but "The school has a high quality of top-notch education" is not a fact. Any non facts need to be cited by reliable secondary sources. I personally recommend erring on the side of caution though and first removing anything non neutral/non factual.

Also, a common error that new editors usually make is to directly copy-paste information from elsewhere. Please note that this is considered a copyright violation and also results in immediate deletion of pages. A way around it is to simply write everything in your own words and ensure not even a single sentence in the article is identical to any other external locations.

Hope this helps. Please feel free to ask me any further information.

Regards,

Soni (talk) 05:11, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Hello

Where can I not find you? --Sharadbob^Talk_C 07:49, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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Can i be adopted?

Hi The Original Soni, I would like to be adopted as I'm not experienced. I joined yesterday and I would like to have support from an experienced user. So leave a message here and I hope for yes. Inform me as quick as you can. Kyle Nightingale (talk) 10:20, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Soni!

Happy New Year!

Soni,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:21, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Hey Soni - thanks for inviting me to Teahouse

Since you said you were here to help, I have a question for you. I edit mostly articles on surf music, and an anonymous user (75.82.55.26) has been using a cell phone to make vandalistic edits to the page on little-known surf guitarist Laramie Dean. Each time I add a reference, they remove the material again. I'm not sure how to remedy this, as I don't want the page removed altogether. Some advice is appreciated! Thank you! Wildwest1973 (talk) 06:00, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Help decide the future of Wikimania

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After reviewing the consultation, we'd like to hear your feedback on on this survey.

In addition, feel free to share any personal experiences you have had at at a Wikimedia movement conference, including Wikimania. We plan to compile and share back outcomes from this consultation in February.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk), from Community Resources 21:32, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Towards a New Wikimania results

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Adopt-a-user

Hello! I saw you were looking for adoptees, I'm fairly new to editing on Wikipedia, although I have been using Wikipedia for many years. I do have some experience in editing, for I used to run several Wikia pages but I'm not sure how similar that is to Wikipedia. I would like to become a part of the community to help it run more smoothly and I would really appreciate it if you could help me out with learning more about editing pages and become a mentor of sorts. Thank you!

Kimburghetti (talk) 04:31, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Hey

Hey what's up? Long time, no see --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:58, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

• Hey [User:Titodutta|Tito]],

Haven't ben around much on the functional areas of the wiki lately. Just a few things here and there (A grant and WikiConference India) but otherwise I have greatly reduced my editing. What's up with you? Hows's editing?

Soni (talk) 14:27, 1 June 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	That's your well deserved barnstar. :) Jim Carter 11:53, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

What do I need to do to reference my article correctly ?

Dear Soni,

My draft, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:June_Oscar, was rejected because, "Most of this article is unreferenced. More reliable third-party sources need to be added to the article for verification".

I find this feedback confusing, as I have included 18 references. Surely this is enough to verify the information.

Im aware that 'Community reconstruction' and 'Fighting Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)' don't include many references, and this is because most of the info in these sections is from the same source - reference# 7.

I would really appreciate if you could show me what I need to do to reference my article correctly.

Thanks,

Manny Economou (talk) 06:36, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

@Manny Economou:, I do not see many reference problems with your article. I am checking with the original reviewer to see why they rejected. You should have gotten a ping for the same. Cheers, Soni

Why has my article disappeared from Google ?

Hi Soni,

Ive noticed that my new wiki article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Oscar, disappeared from Google search results.

Please tell me if you know how to get it back.

Thanks,

Manny Economou (talk) 07:01, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

• Manny Economou , Google Search results depend on how the GOogle algorithm works, not based on Wikipedia. But based on personal experience, I suggest you to give it a few days. Usually articles pop up on Google results by then.

Cheers,

Soni (talk) 11:50, 19 July 2016 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

I have a page by name cleopus thuku bu cant seem to place it when i search on google

Hi Soni! Long time no see. Hope you're doing good. Miss Bono [hello, hello!] 18:27, 31 July 2016 (UTC)

• Hey Miss Bono,

How's it been? I've been busy working offwiki and on other onwiki initiatives. How about you? :)

Soni (talk) 14:17, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Hi :) VikranthSagar (talk) 13:12, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

== Test ==

Hello. This is a test. Soni (talk) 03:34, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

Invitation to "target countries" discussion

Hello, Soni! Since you've been closely involved with the Indian community for a long time, we're inviting you to a discussion on "target countries". You can help the product team at the Wikimedia Foundation create a new list of countries and metrics to replace the "global south" concept in our process with something more relevant. Interested? Learn more about this discussion and share your perspective. (This message is available in more languages.) Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 20:06, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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Printable map of Shanghai

Hello, Sony, please explain me why should our maps be deleted? Here is the source: http://vectormap.info/free_vector_maps_downloads/shanghai-china-free-printable-editable-vector-map-svg-in-english Delete your claim. Thanx. Ilya Shrayber. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilya Shrayber (talk • contribs) 13:27, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Photos I own keep getting deleted by editors

Hi there,

I'm a new user to Wikipedia and I have uploaded multiple photos of myself to a new Wikipedia page I am creating for myself and my photos keep getting deleted. Additionally, one of the editors - Gestrid has just made the recommendation that I be banned from Wiki for multiple common use violations. The problem is these are not violations. They're my photos and they are being deleted so rapidly that I can't do anything about it. Can you please help me unravel this? Many thanks in advance. Baxter91 (talk) 00:00, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

bruh the asian wikipedia submit article tool is not opening i have to submit the four articles to get postcard what to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adityavagarwal (talk • contribs) 16:30, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi there! I'm a new entrant in Wikipedia and would like a teacher. I'm very much enthusiastic about this and would really appreciate if you will give me insight on how to go about. Thank you very much in advance. I'm looking forward on working with you. SethMakaiWamboi (talk) 21:01, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Soni

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Student Ambassador

Hi, I have been looking for the steps in order to become a student ambassador. I am new to Wikipedia, and have been regularly editing since then, and am quite familiar with editing,etc. at Wikipedia.So can you suggest some ideas and guidelines for the same?Adityavagarwal (talk) 08:37, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

You've got email :)

Hey there! Sorry for writing in English. I just sent you an email about your participation in the Training Modules pilot testing. Thanks! Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) 09:23, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

hi soni — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbuji (talk • contribs) 09:03, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

RfA

Thanks for supporting my run for administrator. I am honored and grateful. ) Cullen328 Let's discuss it 00:03, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

Hey Cullen. Congrats on becoming and admin. I'm glad to be one of 300 (gasp) odd other editors who think you are perfect for the job. Keep up the awesome work :) Soni (talk) 05:12, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Investment

Hey there! I just re-launched the WikiProject Investment.

The site has been fully revamped and updated and I would like to invite you the project.

Feel free to check out the project and ping me if you have any questions.

I'd like to invite you to join the Investment WikiProject. There are a lot of Investment related articles on Wikipedia that could use a little attention, and I hope this project can help organize an effort to improve them. So please, take a look and if you like what you see, help get this project off the ground and a few Investment pages into the front ranks of Wikipedia articles. Thanks!

Cheers! WikiEditCrunch (talk) 15:31, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Test

Thank you User:Ijon for showing me the autocomplete gadget by editing User:Soni/common.js.

Soni (talk) 09:51, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) Ijon (talk) 19:12, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

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"tis the season...."

Hello Soni: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, ―Buster7 ☎ 21:42, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

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Adopt-a-user - please check your details

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In order to provide potential adoptees with an easy location to find people, the Adopter's page needs to be up-to-date with the latest availability information. Thus:

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• I have also cleaned out nearly 100 inactive editors still flagged as seeking adoption. That leaves just 18 people currently interested in being adopted.

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Courses Modules are being deprecated

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ACC removed

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• Please note that there is also a new user right specifically for users participating in events, should you ever need it. Swarm ♠ 20:39, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
• Thanks for letting me know Swarm. Will apply for EVC if needed, thanks. Soni (talk) 23:22, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Have a good day! Linear D (talk) 02:40, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Add a refill from this passer-by! Thanks for working with newfolks (which was what brought me here). —Geekdiva (talk) 09:12, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

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Removal from adopter list

Hello user Soni,

I'm user Hundsrose and I wanted to let you know that I removed you from the adopter list because you haven't been active for at least one month. When you come back to Wikipedia and want to be an adopter again, feel free to add your name again. Your description was:

{{Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adopter Profile |username=Soni |description=Hi there. My name is Soni and I am a Wikipedia editor. I prefer to interact directly with my adoptees and I'm willing to be patient enough to help any adoptees. I specialise in areas involving dealing with new editors, and editor retention. |image=Sukhoi_Su-30_inflight.jpg |available=no |mentor=no |adoptees= |bot-updated=yes }}

If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page.

Kind regards --Hundsrose (talk) 20:44, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Reverted Removal from adopter list

The change has been reverted, so that the adopters can decide on their own if they want to stay in the list. Please let me know in case you want to be removed. Best regards --Hundsrose (talk) 21:44, 17 December 2018 (UTC)