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Welcome![edit]

Hello, Jtmorgan, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay.
I noticed you've made one or more edits to women's biographies. Should you be interested in helping to redress the balance of articles about women, you might wish to consider joining our Women in Red project. Less than 18% of biographies here are about women - and you could help us increase this!
Here are some pages you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox. Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~) This automatically inserts your name and the date. If you get stuck, please see our help pages. If you can't find what you are looking for there, feel free to ask at the Teahouse or at the Women in Red project's Talk Page. Alternatively, contact me on my talk page, or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help you. Again, welcome! Nick Moyes (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Facto Post – Issue 10 – 12 March 2018[edit]

Facto Post – Issue 10 – 12 March 2018

Milestone for mix'n'match[edit]

Around the time in February when Wikidata clicked past item Q50000000, another milestone was reached: the mix'n'match tool uploaded its 1000th dataset. Concisely defined by its author, Magnus Manske, it works "to match entries in external catalogs to Wikidata". The total number of entries is now well into eight figures, and more are constantly being added: a couple of new catalogs each day is normal.

Since the end of 2013, mix'n'match has gradually come to play a significant part in adding statements to Wikidata. Particularly in areas with the flavour of digital humanities, but datasets can of course be about practically anything. There is a catalog on skyscrapers, and two on spiders.

These days mix'n'match can be used in numerous modes, from the relaxed gamified click through a catalog looking for matches, with prompts, to the fantastically useful and often demanding search across all catalogs. I'll type that again: you can search 1000+ datasets from the simple box at the top right. The drop-down menu top left offers "creation candidates", Magnus's personal favourite. m:Mix'n'match/Manual for more.

For the Wikidatan, a key point is that these matches, however carried out, add statements to Wikidata if, and naturally only if, there is a Wikidata property associated with the catalog. For everyone, however, the hands-on experience of deciding of what is a good match is an education, in a scholarly area, biographical catalogs being particularly fraught. Underpinning recent rapid progress is an open infrastructure for scraping and uploading.

Congratulations to Magnus, our data Stakhanovite!

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Proposed deletion of Cliff Mass[edit]

The article Cliff Mass has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:44, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Robert McClenon I added 6 references in the edit I was working on when you PRODed this. I'm taking the tag off for now. Please give me at least an hour to add a few more of the refs I have lined up before adding it again :) J-Mo 03:14, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
User:Jtmorgan - Yes. It was in article space without references. If you need advice on how to build articles in draft space or user space until you have them ready for article space, you may ask at the Teahouse. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:42, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's a pretty unhelpful response, Robert McClenon. And a bit offensive, but nevermind. I don't see anything in WP:BLP that says new articles need to have a dozen sources added within the first edit (or even one!), so if that's a piece of policy, you're going to have to point me to it. If not, I will politely ask you to allow me to continue to do my work, and perhaps consult other editors before PRODing me again. Regards, J-Mo 03:50, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please guide me how to my user page sandbox to move[edit]

Hi, I want's to know that, my userpage HaamiWPH is create 19th march . But till date I don't get any message or move bottom to sandbox to article page. How Many days are going to be published approx time and if you think, my page are need to be change any content then feel free and guide me to improve my page. Thank you.HaamiWPH (talk) 08:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Khaled Malas[edit]

I see you are interested in architecture, so I call to your attention Khaled Malas an article about an architect whose notability has been question, and which needs some work. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 01:31, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Does the Teahouse need a spring clean?[edit]

I thought you might like to see these thoughts prior to our call later today. Nick Moyes (talk) 08:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link to your study paper about on the TH. I've posted my draft welcome template I mocked up for WP:WOMRED. (I'm not expecting you to keep it there!) Great to chat with you tonight. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:25, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Facto Post – Issue 11 – 9 April 2018[edit]

Facto Post – Issue 11 – 9 April 2018

The 100 Skins of the Onion[edit]

Open Citations Month, with its eminently guessable hashtag, is upon us. We should be utterly grateful that in the past 12 months, so much data on which papers cite which other papers has been made open, and that Wikidata is playing its part in hosting it as "cites" statements. At the time of writing, there are 15.3M Wikidata items that can do that.

Pulling back to look at open access papers in the large, though, there is is less reason for celebration. Access in theory does not yet equate to practical access. A recent LSE IMPACT blogpost puts that issue down to "heterogeneity". A useful euphemism to save us from thinking that the whole concept doesn't fall into the realm of the oxymoron.

Some home truths: aggregation is not content management, if it falls short on reusability. The PDF file format is wedded to how humans read documents, not how machines ingest them. The salami-slicer is our friend in the current downloading of open access papers, but for a better metaphor, think about skinning an onion, laboriously, 100 times with diminishing returns. There are of the order of 100 major publisher sites hosting open access papers, and the predominant offer there is still a PDF.

Red onion cross section

From the discoverability angle, Wikidata's bibliographic resources combined with the SPARQL query are superior in principle, by far, to existing keyword searches run over papers. Open access content should be managed into consistent HTML, something that is currently strenuous. The good news, such as it is, would be that much of it is already in XML. The organisational problem of removing further skins from the onion, with sensible prioritisation, is certainly not insuperable. The CORE group (the bloggers in the LSE posting) has some answers, but actually not all that is needed for the text and data mining purposes they highlight. The long tail, or in other words the onion heart when it has become fiddly beyond patience to skin, does call for a pis aller. But the real knack is to do more between the XML and the heart.

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A barnstar for you![edit]

The Editor's Barnstar
Thanks JMorgan here's a star for you. I am impressed with the contributions

you have made. 

Kikkoman01 (talk) 13:18, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse[edit]

Hello, I would like to be one of the hosts whose names are included on automated invites. YoloMaxi GT (talk) 22:28, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]


UserGeorgi259 Hello Jtmorgan can I upload photos from this site http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/ Georgi259 (talk) 06:48, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello[edit]

Hello, my name is UserboxMaker35! I got a message from your bot so I thought I could talk to you. I make custom userboxes, so if you want one, just ask. You can to sign my Guestbook, and sign up for my userbox catalog. UserboxMaker35 (talk) 20:05, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I am carl can you contact me and i can ask you questions please my email in degnicarl1@yahoo.com please or contact me here because i don't have the experience doing this i want to be correct thanks God Bless --Degnicarl1 (talk) 17:33, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Retitling an article[edit]

Hi Jtmorgan,

You left me an invitation--or maybe an automated system did--to ask you if I have any questions about Wikipedia. Well, I've finally got one. How do I retitle an article? There's an article called Black shame that I'm working on. The "Black Shame campaign" was a racist anti-French campaign following WWI, opposing France's Rhineland occupation by claiming their "black" troops were running amok. As a proper name, "Black Shame" should be capitalized, and that's how it almost always (though not always, see the top result in this link) is titled: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22black+shame%22+campaign

But the "s" is lowercase on the current article, and therefore incoming links also have to be formatted that way.

Should I recreate the article with the current text at the proper title and try to delete the one at lowercase-s-shame? Sorry to bother you, but I just can't figure this one out. And very belated thanks for that welcome! GreatBalfoursGhost (talk) 14:41, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse Invitation[edit]

Thanks for the invitation! Kpgjhpjm (talk) 16:11, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Would like to get to know more about handling Wikipedia![edit]

I need to grey educated and enlightened on or about Wikipedia! How it functions, how i can operate as an admin and everything else I need to know!.. Thank you. Iwunzebrunochibuoyim (talk) 22:31, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Art+Feminism, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Saturday, May 12th, 1-5pm[edit]

Art+Feminism
For more info see
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 Wikipedia is one of the most wide-reaching repositories of shared knowledge, yet a 2011 survey found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female, suggesting an alarming absence of voices. What and how information is shared is skewed by this gender disparity. To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing a quarterly series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn artists of color.

This Saturday afternoon's gathering will focus on creating, editing, updating, and expanding pages for womxn artists from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Edit-a-thon will feature a talk by Dan Paz, Lecturer in the UW School of Art + Art History + Design, an artist, and an educator who explores the labor of digital imaging production as a collaborative site where the intersections of the image-idea and lived experience are produced and contested. Through videos, photography, and sculptural projects that query the ability of documentary processes to be manipulated—to be multiplied and replicated, stopped and started, rewound and advanced—Dan works within the impossibilities of absolute replication to question the very ability of the image to truly represent.

Everyone is welcome. Access to UW WiFi will be provided for non-UW affiliated participants. All you need to bring is your laptop, power cord, and ideas. No previous Wikipedia experience required! Childcare, snacks from local businesses, and editing tutorials will be provided. Please check the Facebook event page for updates.

When: Saturday, May 12th, 1-5pm
Where: Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building #132, 1915 NE Chelan Ln, Seattle, Washington 98105
Who: Everyone is welcome.
What to bring: A laptop and power cord. Access to UW WiFi will be provided for non-UW affliated participants.

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thanks for the teahouse invite.[edit]

host bot sent me an invite to the teahouse and I thank both of you for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adultcartoonlover56 (talk • contribs) 14:53, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for teahouse invite Zeeshan Afzal Arain (talk) 05:06, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the algorithm![edit]

Thanks for your time and energy in helping to create and maintain quality updated information for all.

Philosophy, Logic, Mathmatics, Geometry, and Physics are the heart and soul of science truth and demonstratable facts.

The only constant in the universe is change! Herclitus appx. 500 BCE

Cheers William G Russell (talk) 18:52, 27 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Facto Post – Issue 12 – 28 May 2018[edit]

Facto Post – Issue 12 – 28 May 2018

ScienceSource funded[edit]

The Wikimedia Foundation announced full funding of the ScienceSource grant proposal from ContentMine on May 18. See the ScienceSource Twitter announcement and 60 second video.

A medical canon?

The proposal includes downloading 30,000 open access papers, aiming (roughly speaking) to create a baseline for medical referencing on Wikipedia. It leaves open the question of how these are to be chosen.

The basic criteria of WP:MEDRS include a concentration on secondary literature. Attention has to be given to the long tail of diseases that receive less current research. The MEDRS guideline supposes that edge cases will have to be handled, and the premature exclusion of publications that would be in those marginal positions would reduce the value of the collection. Prophylaxis misses the point that gate-keeping will be done by an algorithm.

Two well-known but rather different areas where such considerations apply are tropical diseases and alternative medicine. There are also a number of potential downloading troubles, and these were mentioned in Issue 11. There is likely to be a gap, even with the guideline, between conditions taken to be necessary but not sufficient, and conditions sufficient but not necessary, for candidate papers to be included. With around 10,000 recognised medical conditions in standard lists, being comprehensive is demanding. With all of these aspects of the task, ScienceSource will seek community help.

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Help[edit]

Please kindly tell me how be a researcher and to add myself to the group. Shevonsilva (talk) 17:33, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Facto Post – Issue 13 – 29 May 2018[edit]

Facto Post – Issue 13 – 29 May 2018
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Respecting MEDRS

Facto Post enters its second year, with a Cambridge Blue (OK, Aquamarine) background, a new logo, but no Cambridge blues. On-topic for the ScienceSource project is a project page here. It contains some case studies on how the WP:MEDRS guideline, for the referencing of articles at all related to human health, is applied in typical discussions.

Close to home also, a template, called {{medrs}} for short, is used to express dissatisfaction with particular references. Technology can help with patrolling, and this Petscan query finds over 450 articles where there is at least one use of the template. Of course the template is merely suggesting there is a possible issue with the reliability of a reference. Deciding the truth of the allegation is another matter.

This maintenance issue is one example of where ScienceSource aims to help. Where the reference is to a scientific paper, its type of algorithm could give a pass/fail opinion on such references. It could assist patrollers of medical articles, therefore, with the templated references and more generally. There may be more to proper referencing than that, indeed: context, quite what the statement supported by the reference expresses, prominence and weight. For that kind of consideration, case studies can help. But an algorithm might help to clear the backlog.

Evidence pyramid leading up to clinical guidelines, from WP:MEDRS
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Proposed deletion of Allama Bilal Saleem Qadri[edit]

Hello, Jtmorgan. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Allama Bilal Saleem Qadri, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. If you don't want Allama Bilal Saleem Qadri to be deleted, please add a reference to the article.

If you don't understand this message, you can leave a note on my talk page.

Thanks,

Xevus11 (talk) 14:48, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

July 2018[edit]

Hello, Jtmorgan. Thank you for helping to build Wikipedia-- the world's largest free content encyclopedia. I'm sorry, but  Allama Bilal Saleem Qadri has been deleted as meeting WP:CSD#G11. "This applies to pages that are exclusively promotional and would need to be fundamentally rewritten to conform with Wikipedia:NOTFORPROMOTION." These must be rewritten from scratch from "reliable, third party sources unconnected to the subject." See WP:RS.

Wikipedia:Identifying blatant advertising#Typical signs of blatant advertising contains information about content to avoid. For more information on content that may be perceived as promotional, click User:Dlohcierekim/promo. These are just rough guides. Pages can avoid all those pitfalls and still be glaringly obvious ad copy. Sometimes pages meeting WP:CSD#G11 give the appearance of an editor violating Wikipedia:Conflict of interest or WP:PAID. Please read and heed them if they apply to you. Please read Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations.

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia-- subjects must meet notability guidelines with reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and providing verifiable information. That generally means someone unconnected with the subject needs to have written a great deal about the subject. Please see Wikipedia:Citing sources . Template:cite has templates you can use in citing your sources. Place the template {{references}} at the bottom of the page, and references cited in the text will appear there.

If you want to try again, please use the Article Wizard or articles for creation to guide you through the creation process. The new user tutorial can help you avoid future problems.

You may find this tool useful: Google custom search Don't feel discouraged. My first attempts at creating articles were deleted too.

There is more information at Wikipedia:Community portal. There is help available at THE TEAHOUSE. Cheers, and happy editing. -- Dlohcierekim (talk) 18:01, 5 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Facto Post – Issue 14 – 21 July 2018[edit]

Facto Post – Issue 14 – 21 July 2018
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Plugging the gaps – Wikimania report

Officially it is "bridging the gaps in knowledge", with Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town paying tribute to the southern African concept of ubuntu to implement it. Besides face-to-face interactions, Wikimedians do need their power sources.

Hackathon mentoring table wiring

Facto Post interviewed Jdforrester, who has attended every Wikimania, and now works as Senior Product Manager for the Wikimedia Foundation. His take on tackling the gaps in the Wikimedia movement is that "if we were an army, we could march in a column and close up all the gaps". In his view though, that is a faulty metaphor, and it leads to a completely false misunderstanding of the movement, its diversity and different aspirations, and the nature of the work as "fighting" to be done in the open sector. There are many fronts, and as an eventualist he feels the gaps experienced both by editors and by users of Wikimedia content are inevitable. He would like to see a greater emphasis on reuse of content, not simply its volume.

If that may not sound like radicalism, the Decolonizing the Internet conference here organized jointly with Whose Knowledge? can redress the picture. It comes with the claim to be "the first ever conference about centering marginalized knowledge online".

Plugbar buildup at the Hackathon
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A barnstar for you![edit]

The Real Life Barnstar
where would we be without your tireless work. Congratulations!! TTABLES (talk) 23:23, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse[edit]

Hi Jon. Just a note, as requested, to say I've added my name to your list at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Hosts/Database reports/Automated invites. There are a few editors there who don't seem active at the Teahouse any more (such as Rosiestep, MissVain (doesn't exist), Doctree, Saikirantangirala (doesn't exist)) plus a lot of active ones who aren't listed, so is it worth trying to update the names there, or checking existing names are happy to remain on it? BTW: Do you know when/if you'll be in a position to report back on any conclusions from your interviews with TH hosts earlier in the year? Best wishes, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:56, 25 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick Moyes sorry for the extended radio silence. I've been taking a break from enwiki for personal reasons. However, I am happy to add you to the list of inviters. I'll also check in on the host talkpage to see who wants to be on the invites (typically, I'll keep anyone on the inviter list who wants to be, whether they're currently active on the Teahouse or not). Finally, I do have some updates on the Teahouse research I contacted you for earlier this year. There's an academic paper that just got accepted to a conference, which I will post a link to here once I've got the pre-print uploaded to an open archive. But perhaps more relevant to your interests, I'm working on a write-up of some of the more practically-focused observations/recommendations based on the research, which could provide some directions for improving the Teahouse (or at least discussion fodder). When I'm done with that, I'll post it in a sub-page of the research page linked above and share the link on the Teahouse. Thanks for reaching out, J-Mo 22:38, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hostbot[edit]

Is a warm welcome entirely appropriate for accounts like this? Perhaps the bot could be asked not to welcome editors who have got up to a Level 3 Vandalism warning on their talk page within a few minutes of registering. DuncanHill (talk) 16:10, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This ain't a bad idea, but it may be a better metric to limit it to three warnings, rather than a level three warning, in case we get someone over zealously templating test edits. GMGtalk 16:14, 5 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the poke DuncanHill. Some false positives are inevitable, but I'm always open to improving the criteria for invitation. I've been thinking about fundamentally changing the invitee selection approach, actually. Eventually, I'd like to use ORES scores to select invitees. These scores take a variety of factors into account in determining whether a new editor is editing in good faith or not, including talkpage templates, and therefore probably provide a more robust overall solution. J-Mo 22:43, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, that sounds promising. Good to know you are on the case. DuncanHill (talk) 23:38, 9 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tea room[edit]

thank you for invite to the tea room xxx

Hello Kaffkas (talk) 16:15, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am new to Wikipedia. I want to learn how to create and edit pages Kaffkas (talk) 16:16, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Someone invited me here? Ash Salvatore (talk) 10:03, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bots Newsletter, August 2018[edit]

Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 6th issue of the Bots Newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

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BAG
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BOTREQs and BRFAs

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Discussions

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New things

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Seattle Wiknic 2018[edit]
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Training module[edit]

If you can, kindly please leave a post of training module in my talk page.--PATH SLOPU (Talk) 05:55, 20 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Facto Post – Issue 15 – 21 August 2018[edit]

Facto Post – Issue 15 – 21 August 2018
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Neglected diseases
Anti-parasitic drugs being distributed in Côte d'Ivoire
What's a Neglected Disease?, ScienceSource video

To grasp the nettle, there are rare diseases, there are tropical diseases and then there are "neglected diseases". Evidently a rare enough disease is likely to be neglected, but neglected disease these days means a disease not rare, but tropical, and most often infectious or parasitic. Rare diseases as a group are dominated, in contrast, by genetic diseases.

A major aspect of neglect is found in tracking drug discovery. Orphan drugs are those developed to treat rare diseases (rare enough not to have market-driven research), but there is some overlap in practice with the WHO's neglected diseases, where snakebite, a "neglected public health issue", is on the list.

From an encyclopedic point of view, lack of research also may mean lack of high-quality references: the core medical literature differs from primary research, since it operates by aggregating trials. This bibliographic deficit clearly hinders Wikipedia's mission. The ScienceSource project is currently addressing this issue, on Wikidata. Its Wikidata focus list at WD:SSFL is trying to ensure that neglect does not turn into bias in its selection of science papers.

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Teahouse![edit]

Iron Warrior the Editor 08/16/2018
Thank you for the Teahouse invitation!

Speedy deletion nomination of Arvind Akela (Kallu Ji)[edit]

Hello Jtmorgan,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Arvind Akela (Kallu Ji) for deletion, because it's too short to identify the subject of the article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Nick Moyes (talk) 22:35, 2 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I need your help[edit]

How do I contact the conciseness of Wikipedia? Flasty Jam 2 (talk) 16:25, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


that's absolutely crazy man. luna1100 new user.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luna1100 (talk • contribs) 09:21, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

query[edit]

I See that this bot invites new users to the Teahouse... I Am unable to understand how do you identify new users and send invites to them so quickly.. there must be hundreds of new users registration per day.. how do you detect them and send invites so promptly and quickly? --Adamstraw99 (talk) 17:23, 30 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Adamstraw99, I use the public replica databases (which are usually updated in near-real-time) to identify candidates for invitation. Here's an example of the basic query I perform to find new users to invite, via Quarry. Cheers, J-Mo 19:03, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, i didn't know such advance things exist here... thanks for response... you are doing a great job... All the best --Adamstraw99 (talk) 19:36, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Baye McNeil[edit]

Hello, I see you contributed to debate on deleted article, Baye McNeil. Baye McNeil has been in news quite a bit - internationally - since article's deletion. I left a note on that at link below, and would be happy if you'd have a look. Thanks!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Baye_McNeil

Ray Jameson (talk) 05:09, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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A barnstar for you![edit]

The Barnstar of Diligence
For the well-earned barnstars you've been given for your hard work and diligence. American474 (talk) 17:24, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

यशराज हिरामण पारखी[edit]

लेखकाचा परीचय. नाव : यशराज हिरामण पारखी जन्म : १ डिसेंबर, १९८१, पत्ता : मुक्काम पोस्ट माण, पो. हिंजवडी, ता. मुळशी, जि. पुणे Contact : 9922992210, 9922604442, Email ID: yashrajparkhi@gmail.com Facebook @ Yashraj Parkhi, twitter @ Yashraj_Parkhi

शिक्षण:1)M.B.A Specializations in Marketing from Institute of Management Education 2) B.A. in Psychology, Public Admin. & Political Science from Pune University 3) D.M.E - Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Government Polytechnic Pune 4) D.C.N.T- Diploma in Cellular Nutrition Therapy 5) 20 Years of Life Education from Various International Institutes like Worldwide Landmark Education, Empower India Movement, Self Expression & Leadership Program, Team Management & Leadership Program, Mission Control, Happy Thoughts, Vipashyana, Manshakti.

Profession/समाजातील ओळख : आदर्श राजकारणी, प्रेरणादायी प्रवक्ता, उद्योजक, लेखक. International Speaker for Team Management & Leadership and various life Coaching.

कार्य व गौरव: लेखक म्हणून आजवर पाच पुस्तकाचे लेखन. स्वतः उद्योजक म्हणून यशस्वी झाले व समाजातील हजारो तरुणांमधून उद्योजक घडवले. रियल एस्टेट क्षेत्रात यशस्वी प्रोजेक्ट पुणे मुंबई मध्ये पूर्ण केले. प्रवक्ता म्हणून आजवर जम्मू कश्मीर ते चेन्नई येथे विविध विषयावर व्याख्याने. एक आदर्श युवा राजकारणी म्हणून ते सतत कार्यरत.

पुरस्कार आजवर मानद डॉक्टरेट, अनफा अवार्ड चेन्नई, राष्ट्रगौरव, समाज गौरव, सम्राट अशोक मित्र, शिवप्रताप शिवरत्न, धम्म मित्र, फिलिप्स गॉडफ्रे, माण भूषण अशा पुरस्काराने सन्मानित.

कौटुंबिक पार्श्वभूमी छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज यांच्या काळापासून महत्व असणाऱ्या हिंजवडी माण, येथे पारखी कुटुंबात जन्म. पूर्वी पासून पारखी कुटुंबाकडे गावची पाटीलकी व सरपंच पद होते. शिक्षण क्षेत्रामध्ये अग्रेसर असणारे विद्वान व पारखी नजर असल्याने त्यांना पारखी हे नाव लाभले. स्वातंत्र्य संग्रामापासून ते देशाच्या घडामोडी एक कट्टर काँग्रेसी कुटुंब अशी ओळख व दबदबा. सध्या राजीव गांधी इन्फोटेक पार्क हे जगातील सर्वोत्तम आयटी पार्क ओळखले जाते. त्याकरिता १८०० एकर जागा हिंजवडी माण मारुंजी येथील गावकऱ्यांनी महाराष्ट्र औद्योगिक विकास महामंडळाला दिली. त्यामध्ये पारखी कुटुंबाचा सिंहाचा वाटा आहे. पारखी कुटुंब हे पुणे जिल्ह्यात राजकीय, सामाजिक क्षेत्राबरोबरच वारकरी संप्रदायाबरोबर गेली १०० वर्षाहून अधिक कार्यरत. हिरामण पारखी यांनी एस टी महामंडळ मध्ये कंट्रोलर म्हणून सेवा केली. सोबत काँग्रेस व Indian National Trade Union Congress (इंटक) बरोबर सहभागी. या सर्व बाबींमधून यशराज पारखींना सामाजिक कार्याबरोबर राजकारणाचे व नेतृत्व कौशल्याचे बाळकडू प्राप्त झाले.

जीवनपट: १९८७-९१ प्राथमिक शिक्षण व मानसोपचारतज्ज्ञ डॉ. विलास भैलुमे, यांचेकडे अर्धवेळ मदतनीस. १९९१-९८ माध्यमिक शिक्षण शंकरराव मोरे विद्यालय.८५ % गुणांसह मॅट्रिक उत्तीर्ण. राज्यस्तरीय शालान्त वकृत्त्व स्पर्धेत पारितोषिके. सोबत वृत्तपत्र व दुग्ध वाटप व्यवसाय. मे. काळे फुटवेयर मध्ये अर्धवेळ नोकरी. १९९८-२००१ गव्हर्नमेंट पॉलीटेकनिक, पुणे येथे कल्चरल सेक्रेटरी व जनरल सेक्रेटरी पदे सांभाळत मेकॅनिकल इंजिनीरिंग (७७%) पूर्ण. डिप्लोमा करतानाच दररोज १५० विद्यार्थ्यांची शिकवणी व दर शनिवारी रांगोळी क्लासेसच्या माध्यमातून १२००० मुलामुलींना रांगोळी शिकवली. २००१-०२ एल्प्रो इंटरनॅशनल या आंतरराष्ट्रीय कंपनीत एक वर्ष पूर्णवेळ नोकरी. त्यावेळी मॅनेजरने यशराज पारखी यांच्या स्वतःहून जबाबदारी घेऊन केलेल्या कामगिरीवर प्रभावित होऊन व्यवसायाचा सल्ला दिला. वयाच्या १५ व्या वर्षांपासून जीवन शास्त्र म्हणजेच यशस्वी जीवन जगण्याचे शिक्षण भगवद्गीता, श्रीमद दासबोध, हैप्पी थॉट्स, विपश्यना, प्राजित स्वमदत गट, एम्पॉवर इंडिया तसेच प्रेरणादायी पुस्तके वाचणे, विविध व्याख्याने ऐकणे यामाध्यमातून घेतले. २००२-०८ पदवी व एमबीए व इतर शिक्षणाबरोबर इंडियन नोनी प्रॉडक्ट, चेन्नई करीता प्रेरणादायी प्रवक्ता व रिजनल डायरेक्टर म्हणून जम्मू काश्मीर, पंजाब, हरियाणा, दिल्ली, राजस्थान, गुजरात, मध्य प्रदेश, छत्तीसगड, झारखंड व संपूर्ण महाराष्ट्र भर कार्य केले. २००८-११ सेराजेम या साऊथ कोरियन कंपनीसोबत कोथरूड, सिंहगड व पिरंगूट येथे एकूण ५००० स्क्वे.फु. च्या ऑफिसेसमधून व ६० कामगारांच्या साहाय्यातून १ लाख रुग्णांच्या मणक्यावर मोफत थेरपी व सुमारे ६०० हून अधिक थेरपी यंत्रांचे विक्री. २००९ मध्ये वयाच्या २७ व्या वर्षी कोथरूड विधानसभा सदस्य निवडणूकित अपेक्षित यश मिळाले नाही. २०११ मध्ये "श्रीमंतीचा रहस्यग्रंथ" हे पुस्तक सुनीताराजे पवार ह्यांच्या संस्कृती प्रकाशन तर्फे प्रकाशित (मराठी बेस्टसेलर). राष्ट्रपती डॉ. एपीजे अब्दुल कलाम, उद्योजक धीरूभाई अंबानी, माजी उपमुख्यमंत्री आर. आर. पाटील, शिक्षण महर्षी पतंगराव कदम यांचे रहस्यमंथन. २०१४ मध्ये "बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यशोगाथा" १०० हून अधिक यशराज सूत्रासहित - पुस्तक उद्धवजी ठाकरे, उद्योग मंत्री सुभाष देसाई व डॉ अमोल कोल्हे व सर्व शिवसेना नेते ह्यांच्या उपस्थित रंगशारदा भवन, मुंबई येथे प्रकाशित. त्यावेळी शिवसेना पक्षामध्ये प्रवेश करा, असे आवाहन केले. परंतु, पन्नास वर्षांपासून आमचे पारखी कुटुंब हे काँग्रेसशी संलग्नित आहे, असे म्हणून आदरपूर्वक नकार. २०१६ मध्ये विधानपरिषद निवडणुकीमध्ये पुणे स्थानिक स्वराज्य संस्थेमधून उभे राहिले. एकूण ७०० पैकी १०० नगरसेवकांची पहिल्या दुसऱ्या व तिसऱ्या क्रमांकाची पसंती प्राप्त. २०१७ पासून भारतीय राष्ट्रीय काँग्रेस मध्ये सक्रिय सहभाग व वाटचाल. व मुझ मे है इंदिरा, Why Gandhi - Why Congress या काँग्रेस वरील पुस्तकाचे लेखन व काँग्रेस संलग्नित शरद पवार पॉवरनीती लेखन.

यशराज हिरामण पारखी blog — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keshav0707 (talk • contribs) 15:52, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Keshav0707: Kindly see this. —usernamekiran(talk) 06:27, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

HostBot[edit]

Hi, is there any way to stop HostBot welcoming vandalism-only accounts which have already received multiple warnings? Scgonzalez (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is a case in point. DuncanHill (talk) 22:49, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DuncanHill It is certainly is something that happens, given lag between various databases and the rapid pace of patrolling. I would be concerned about it if I saw a) HostBot sending invites to people long after they've been blocked or given a (level 3 or higher) userwarning, sock warning, etc, and/or b) if I saw it happen very frequently—HostBot sends out 200 invites a day, for the past 6 years, and in general only a small number of those have gone to previously blocked or L3 warned people. As far as you know, are either of those conditions true? Cheers, J-Mo 16:13, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Would it be appropriate to revert Teahouse invitations made to blocked accounts? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 01:44, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Arthur Rubin, yes I think that would be appropriate. It would also help me get a better sense of how frequently this is occurring. Also, you and DuncanHill may want to weigh in on a proposed improvement to the HostBot invite strategy. Cheers, J-Mo 23:41, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 29, 1 PM[edit]

If you are in the Seattle area, please join us for our Cascadia Wikimedians annual meeting, Saturday, December 29, 1 PM. If you cannot attend in person, you may join us virtually from your PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android at this link: https://zoom.us/j/2207426850. The address of the physical meeting is: Capitol Hill Meeting Room at Capitol Hill Library (425 Harvard Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102) 47°37′23″N 122°19′22″W / 47.622928°N 122.322912°W / 47.622928; -122.322912

The event page is here. You do not have to be a member to attend, but only members can vote in board elections. New members may join in person by completing the membership registration form onsite or (to be posted) online and paying $5 for a calendar year / $0.50 per month for the remainder of a year. Current members may renew for 2019 at the meeting as well.

Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is a recognized 501c3 non-profit organization in the US. EIN # 47-3513818 Our mail address is Cascadia Wikimedians User Group, 520 Kirkland Way, PO Box 2905, Kirkland, WA 98083.
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Discussion requiring your attention[edit]

Hello, Jtmorgan. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Teahouse.
You can remove this notice at any time.

RhinosF1 (talk) 18:10, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, reply left. Cheers, J-Mo 22:13, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Technical Barnstar
Thanks for the assistance at the teahouse with HostBot. RhinosF1 (talk) 08:11, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, RhinosF1. I appreciate that! Best, J-Mo 22:27, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment[edit]

In your comment here you cast doubt upon the integrity and competence of several editors who commented on the proposal. Your statements were rather broad and concerned many editors. I'd like to see you withdraw that. If you have a problem with one of my edits, I'd prefer that you come talk to me directly, rather than address a diffuse group. --Vexations (talk) 22:42, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Vexations, sometimes addressing a diffuse group is the most effective way to remain civil. GMGtalk 22:44, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
GreenMeansGo, I was going to write to you separately on your talk page. I take issues with your response too, but I'd prefer to discuss your comments with you, and Jtmorgan's with Jtmorgan. I'd appreciate you staying out of this conversation. Vexations (talk) 22:54, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe that I said anything wrong, Vexations. And I don't feel like discussing this issue with you further. J-Mo 22:55, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bot flag for HostBot?[edit]

According to Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/HostBot 8, HostBot should have a bot flag. I couldn't find anything on the bot's userpage to indicate that that has changed. Yet when I check the recent page creations by bots in the User talk namespace, I don't see HostBot although it has been busily creating user talk pages a few hours ago. And another editor said that the bot's page creations show up in the "Human" part of recent changes, which doesn't sound good to me. Huon (talk) 21:44, 8 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, HostBot has a bot flag. Cheers, J-Mo 17:28, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. Apparently some flagged bots' edits wrongly get put into the "Human (not bot)" part of Special:RecentChanges; that looks like a bug to me. I just saw ClueBot NG and XLinkBot on that page, too. I'll report it on Phabricator. Huon (talk) 19:33, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Here we are. Huon (talk) 20:30, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to comment on that. Apparently, being recognized as a bot takes more than the user right. I was not aware of that, but I assume there's no reason why HostBot shouldn't be recognized as a bot when it edits. Huon (talk) 20:50, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. I wasn't aware of the bot API parameter, but I can add that flag to HostBot's edit requests. Thanks for following up on this, Huon. J-Mo 22:53, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Huon I checked on this per the Phab discussion and I actually do pass the bot parameter in HostBot's edit requests. I have only the vaguest of memories around why/when I enabled this, and I don't know why it doesn't exclude HostBot from RC. But I suspect that (assuming it's not an error) it's because some editor(s) decided at some point that HostBot's edits should be more easy to monitor (though I can't find any record of this in the logs I checked). Thanks again for checking up on this, though—I always appreciate having more eyes on the bot. And let me know if you solve the mystery, or if you find that I need to make any changes to the bot to make it a better wiki-citizen. Cheers, J-Mo 22:53, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for checking. I've just commented on the Phab request and will leave it to the experts to figure out what happens here. Personally I don't see why the bot shouldn't be marked as a bot, particularly since at times it seems to clog up the page creation log at RC. Huon (talk) 23:10, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos[edit]


First Hill, Seattle, c. 1903, showing intersection of Columbia St and Summit Ave, Seattle, a panorama built from three Asahel Curtis photographs.
In the Seattle area?

Tuesday evening, January 15, 2019, 6-9pm at Wayward Coffeehouse, 6417 Roosevelt Way NE #104, Seattle WA 98115

Wikipedia Day celebrates the anniversary of the founding of Wikipedia. This year in Seattle, Cascadia Wikimedians' celebration of Wikipedia Day will focus on a different closely related project: Wikimedia Commons, which (among other things) functions as the media repository for Wikipedia. When you see a photo or map in Wikipedia, or hear an audio clip, etc., it usually is hosted on Wikimedia Commons and "transcluded" into Wikipedia.

Wikimedia Commons is a mix of users' own works and curated third-party content, either public domain or free-licensed. Our event is a hands-on workshop in curating third-party content, mostly early 20th-century photos of Seattle and other West Coast locations.

Currently, Wikimedia Commons has two intersecting sets of older photos, one from the Asahel Curtis Photo Company and the other a more general set of Seattle images. At this meetup, we will celebrate the 18th anniversary of Wikipedia by further curating these images by the creation and addition of categories, adding ImageNotes where useful, linking other versions of the same photo, enhancing the descriptions, and identifying and correcting errors. User:Jmabel has already categorized over 1000 images and corrected several hundred wrong dates, misidentified buildings, and etc., but there is much more to be done.

For more information, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/Seattle#Wikipedia Day 2019 — curating images from Asahel Curtis and older Seattle photos.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Hamza Tariq World Cup 2018[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, introducing inappropriate pages, such as Draft:Hamza Tariq World Cup 2018, is not in accordance with our policies. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Under section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Legacypac (talk) 12:36, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

HostBot[edit]

Hi, I would like to be one of the users invloved in being listed as host on automated invites to the teahouse. RhinosF1(chat)(status)(contribs) 15:53, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

RhinosF1  Done! J-Mo 00:13, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse hostbot invitation[edit]

I would like to be the one who's name will be send by Hostbot on automated invites to the Teahouse. Thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
Masum Rezatalk 08:50, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Masumrezarock100  Done! J-Mo 00:14, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

HostBot[edit]

I think there is a bug - HostBot posted at User talk:Tomanworks inviting them to the teahouse 3 minutes after I invited the user. --DannyS712 (talk) 08:00, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed this as well the other day. RhinosF1(chat)(status)(contribs) 08:04, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
And blocked users - [1] RhinosF1(chat)(status)(contribs) 08:18, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads-up, DannyS712 and RhinosF1. Maximilianklein, Based on my invite logs and the timestamps, it looks like both of these invites were sent by "your" HostBot. Can you double check that you're querying the block log and running a keyword check on talkpages before you post? It may be that your checks aren't working. However, it may also be that there's a lag in the sub-systems behind the API or DB replicas (both of these invites went out less than 30 minutes after the relevant event). Cheers, J-Mo 19:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
DannyS712, RhinosF1, Jtmorgan. Thanks for the heads up. I thought I was specifically excluding those cases and have code written to do so, but there must be a bug. I will investigate and these two reported cases are incredibly useful for debugging. Thanks again for reporting. Maximilianklein (talk) 19:40, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks all for the quick response RhinosF1(chat)(status)(contribs) 19:42, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I pushed an update so these sort of cases won't be invited. Thanks again for the sharp eyes. Maximilianklein (talk) 00:48, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Maximilianklein, Thanks for all the hard work RhinosF1(chat)(status)(contribs) 07:50, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
A couple of blocked accounts (sockpuppets of a banned troll) were invited to the Teahouse today by HostBot: [2] and [3]. --bonadea contributions talk 12:54, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bonadea. @Maximilianklein: from the timestamp looks like your invite workflow is implicated (but I haven't confirmed that). Again, both blocks are within 30 min of invite, so could be lag. Nevertheless, worth checking out. J-Mo 18:52, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Bonadea for reporting. I'll look into fixing these issues so they don't arise again! Maximilianklein (talk) 19:57, 1 March 2019 (UTC) Update: Reported errors have fixed in latest code. Thanks for everyone's patience. Maximilianklein (talk) 21:54, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help me[edit]

Thank for welcome message ,i joined as DRN volunteer, but now my name not in this list, please add my name Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Volunteering

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Women’s History Wikithon, Washington State History Museum, Saturday 3/9[edit]

Come document women's history in Washington state!
 Women’s History Wikithon
Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, WA
FREE. Please register in advance. Includes museum admission and snacks; please bring a sack lunch plus a laptop.

Scholars and interested citizens are invited to come together for an afternoon of collaboration to create or improve Wikipedia pages related to Washington State’s suffrage history. Learn from seasoned “Wikipedians” how to edit wiki pages, and work in small groups with women’s history experts. Honor Women’s History Month by updating our reference materials to reflect the dedicated work of Washington’s women suffragists. Bring a brown bag lunch, we’ll provide snacks. Hosted by Washington State Historical Society.

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Teahouse invites to blocked users[edit]

Hi Jtmorgan. I've noticed a few Teahouse invites to blocked users recently, e.g. Special:Diff/889225424. Could we please make sure HostBot doesn't deliver invites to blocked users? — JJMC89 (T·C) 18:40, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks JJMC89. @Maximilianklein: this looks like it's probably one of yours. Can you check? J-Mo 17:24, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Ok this is an interesting case, the user was blocked but no message was left on their talk page. I'll make a check to use the API to determine if they are blocked. Thanks for pointing this out JJMC89 and Jtmorgan. Maximilianklein (talk) 17:55, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I was just coming along to point out another example - in this case there was a message on the UTP Special:Diff/889441589. Nthep (talk) 21:30, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Nthep. I just pushed a fix for this bug. Please let me know if you see it again in the future. Maximilianklein (talk) 17:25, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Happened again. See User talk:Sean Soltys. Mkdw talk 20:02, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Maximilianklein: Mkdw talk 20:04, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Mkdw: thanks for reporting. @Jtmorgan: looks like one of your edits judging by the timestamp, but I'll check myself. Also the experiment is ending tomorrow for now, so letting reporters know HostBot-AI will not be active until further notice. Maximilianklein (talk) 20:14, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, that looks like mine alright. Not sure why it wasn't caught--there was plenty of time between the block and the invite in this case. I'll look into it. BTW Maximilianklein since I'm here I'll also update the Teahouse thread now to let them know the pilot is over. I've already updated the BOTREQ thread. Post there to confirm once you've turned off your cron. Cheers all, J-Mo 20:49, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Art+Feminism, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Saturday, April 6th, 1-5 PM[edit]

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 Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women.

Let’s change that.

To help change this, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is continuing a series of Edit-a-thons to improve Wikipedia's coverage of womxn and gender non-binary artists of color.

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Inviter list[edit]

Hey! I have added my name to the inviter list. --MrClog (talk) 19:05, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MrClog: hey there, sorry for the month-long delay. I've added your name to the inviter list the bot pulls from, so it'll show up on Teahouse invites now. Cheers, J-Mo 23:05, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You for Teahouse HostBot[edit]

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for the HostBot invitation to Teahouse. I don't know if I should be posting this on your Talk page or whether I should have first asked the question of where to post on Teahouse, but I simply wanted to express my appreciation. Gyregimble (talk) 17:05, 20 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bots Newsletter, August 2019[edit]

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Hello there! I added myself to the inviter list. LPS and MLP Fan (Littlest Pet Shop) (My Little Pony) 23:34, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Thank you but how do i atent to the Tea House — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrew787pr (talk • contribs) 18:46, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

thanks[edit]

thanks for all your work at the teahouse. --Sm8900 (talk) 21:19, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thank you Sm8900! I really appreciate that. Cheers, J-Mo 23:19, 9 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Editing as Activism: Edit-A-Thon to Correct Systemic Bias in Wikipedia[edit]

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Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Womxn Artists of the Pacific Northwest[edit]

Calendar page Jacob Lawrence Gallery — Calendar | School of Art + Art History + Design | University of Washington
When Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, 1 – 5 p.m.
Campus location Art Building (ART)
Campus room Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Event types Special Events, Student Activities, Workshops
Event sponsors Jacob Lawrence Gallery, School of Art + Art History + Design with support from Wikipedia and Art+Feminism
Facebook event page www.facebook.com/events/2475807515865167/
Description
  • Free parking is normally available on campus after 12pm on Saturdays.
  • Check the Gallery's website for information about getting there.
  • The ‘Big Four,’ or the four white male artists that comprised the Northwest School, were the subject of the famous 1953 LIFE magazine article, "Mystic Painters of the Northwest": Guy Anderson, Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, and Mark Tobey. Each of these artists have robust pages on Wikipedia. However, key female-identifying artists from this time such as Margaret Gove Cafferman — who Mark Tobey cited as an influence on his work — lack Wikipedia articles.[* 1] To help address the imbalance of representation on Wikipedia, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is organizing an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon focused on female-identifying artists of the Pacific Northwest.
  • Childcare, snacks from local businesses, editing tutorials, books, and lists of artists will be provided.
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  1. ^ Mentioned in Emily Pothast's lecture "You Are Not Invited: A Critical Survey of Seattle Art History" on May 30, 2019 at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.
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researcher flag[edit]

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@Xaosflux: I still find the functionality useful (and I still research Wikipedia for academic purposes, outside of my job at WMF). But if you believe I shouldn't have it, or want to do away with the user right completely, I won't object. Thanks for the ping! J-Mo 02:09, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Jtmorgan: no worries, mostly just checking in to make sure everyone is still around - no change for you. — xaosflux Talk 02:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My name at HostBot[edit]

Hi there, Jtmorgan. I noticed that you are the maintainer of HostBot (talk · contribs), which is the bot that sends automated Teahouse invitations. Do you think you could take my name off the list of Teahouse hosts for the automated invitation (c.f. Wikipedia:Teahouse/Hosts/Database reports/Automated invites)? I haven't participated at the Teahouse all that much these past few years; I've been meaning to get back into it, but alas. Thanks! Mz7 (talk) 02:42, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing, Mz7. Let me know if you want to be re-added later. Cheers, J-Mo 21:58, 15 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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4-year old typo in HostBot invite?[edit]

Hi Jonathan

I'm doing a bit of sorting/spring-cleaning at the Teahouse, and making a metadata table of all 250+ Teahouse subpages, and what function they currently perform, if any. Whilst checking, Wikipedia:Teahouse/HostBot Invitation I noticed there seems to have been a typo introduced by I JethroBT back in 2015 (diff) which makes the invite read as:

"Delivered HostBot on behalf of the Teahouse hosts"

That would be confusing to any new editor, to say the least, so I went in to tweak the text with my new admin superpowers, but was a bit daunted by the scripting, which seems to have placed the 'by' within the script, rather than before it, but it's clearly not working in all the cases I've checked thus far. Here's the script:

Delivered {{ {{{|safesubst:}}}#if: {{{bot|}}}| by {{{bot}}}|{{noping|HostBot}}}} on behalf of the [[WP:Teahouse/Hosts|Teahouse hosts]]

Could you look into this, please, and fix it? I'm reluctant to fiddle with anything whilst the research is ongoing. Pinging Maximilianklein, too. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:52, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for looking into this, Nick Moyes. It's actually working as designed, at least when HostBot sends the invite. If you pass a username to the |bot= parameter, it renders "Delivered by BOTNAME on behalf of the Teahouse hosts". If you don't include that parameter, or if you leave it empty, it is supposed to say "Delivered on behalf of the Teahouse hosts", omitting both the bot name and the "by". You can see this working correctly here here (I pasted in the template call code as it is stored in my GitHub repository, removing the extra "{{" and "}}" from all sets of brackets, which are necessary when calling the template in Python, and replacing each instance of "{inviter:s}" with "HostBot". You can test it yourself by pasting this code...
{{subst:Wikipedia:Teahouse/HostBot_Invitation|personal=The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like {{noping|Nick Moyes}} ([[User_talk:Nick Moyes|talk]]). |bot={{noping|HostBot}}|timestamp=~~~~~}}

However, if you paste this code (no value for |bot= ), you get the error. 

{{subst:Wikipedia:Teahouse/HostBot_Invitation|personal=The Teahouse is a friendly space where new editors can ask questions about contributing to Wikipedia and get help from experienced editors like {{noping|Nick Moyes}} ([[User_talk:Nick Moyes|talk]]).|bot= |timestamp=~~~~~}}

So, the good news is that newbies HostBot invites aren't seeing the error. If someone uses the template without a value for "bot=", then it will be ungrammatical. This could be changed, but probably doesn't need to be as long as no one uses this version of the Teahouse invite without that value.

Thanks for sanity checking this stuff anyway :) It's always useful to have another set of eyes on things. In that past, I've inserted errors into the code and not noticed for a long time.

Cheers, HostBot, on behalf of Jtmorgan 22:05, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, congrats on your promotion! ;) J-Mo 22:25, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You[edit]

Being a Great Part of the Community
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Lazy means to guide HostBot to a user talk page?[edit]

Hi JTM. Is there a means to guide hostbot to drop its welcome and teahouse invitation on a user's spage. I have been dropping the template on user talk pages, and would prefer that the bot did it, than me. Dealing with numbers of new users creating in main ns that should be in draft ns. I have a gut feel that numbers of these are just problematic editors, however, getting the bot to be guided to do it seems neater (for me). Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 01:21, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ciao Billinghurst, let me see if I get your request: you want to be able to point the bot towards a certain user, and have it drop an invite on their page? I'm guessing you want the bot to do it because you don't want the newcomer to pester you on your talkpage with their questions (else why not just use Twinkle?). If that's not it, let me know. The short answer is that there's no way to do this right now, but we could potentially make a change here. Cheers, J-Mo 17:30, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In a nutshell … thanks, noted. — billinghurst sDrewth 21:46, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A possible false positive?[edit]

Hello Jtmorgan, my name is Rebestalic

I had a look at your awesome HostBot Top1000 summary as it's time for another Top 25, I'm either excited or afraid to say 😂 Depends

The top place was taken by United States Senate, soaring over second-placed (I'll leave it to you to guess) by over six times the pageviews. As proxy-suggested by the preface on the HostBot's Top 1000, I checked the mobile percentage on Topviews; USS came out with a mobile percentage of 99.9%. That doesn't look normal to me; is it?

Thank you, Rebestalic[dubious—discuss] 05:03, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Similarly, Laptop appeared on the Topviews page (at #11, with a mobile percentage of 0.5%) but was nowhere to be found on Hostbot's Top1000; is that a false positive that HostBot's done away with?
Thanks Rebestalic. The US Senate issue is known to me as of a week or so ago, and I'll go ahead and fix it. Pinging MusikAnimal to see if there are any other known false positives that I should be screening out by default (I thought there was a link to this blacklist somewhere in the TopViews interface but I can't find it now). Laptop's absence from the past week's top traffic seems to be valid though. If you look at the daily counts for this article between 3/28 and 4/03, they never get about about 1500 per day, which is not nearly enough to make it into the top ~2000 most viewed articles over that period. There will almost certainly be other consistent false positives though, since as the TopViews FAQ nicely explains WMFs analytics engineering infrastructure is not able to screen out all automated processes that perform ideosyncratic scrapes/hits of particular articles for various (mostly mundane, I suspect) reasons. So please do ping if you see other suspicious patterns. As for whether this is a good source for the Top 25 report--I can say confidently that the vast majority of the highest-traffic pages listed here are all among the very top pages viewed by real human eyeballs, based on what I know about the webrequest schema and processing pipeline that this tool (as well as TopViews, etc) is built on top of. But it's definitely not a certain thing in any given instance—so your sharp eyes and feedback are much appreciated! Cheers, J-Mo 19:43, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There is an undocumented API for the false positives: https://tools.wmflabs.org/topviews/api.php?project=en.wikipedia.org&date=2020-04-01 (change the date accordingly, or to YYYY-MM for a whole month). There's not much in there as of late, though. The false positive data is crowd-sourced but I have to manually approve the reports one by one, and I've sort of gotten tired of it. So, don't expect this to be definitive or up-to-date.
It's my understanding Analytics already has improved bot filtering in place, it's just running in "dry" mode while they test accuracy. Hopefully manual removal of FPs will soon be a thing of the past! — MusikAnimal talk 23:18, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your reply, Jtmorgan! Very much appreciated and thank you especially for the compliment about sharp eyes as I am very very shortsighted 😂 Musikanimal, could I help with the report approvals or would that require some knowledge about coding (which I am a completely busted Jenga tower at)?
Thank you again, Rebestalic[dubious—discuss] 01:16, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Dorky9ss[edit]

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I have problems with the permanence of an article in the Wikipedia in Spanish[edit]

I am Ernesto, I am an editor on Wikipedia in Spanish and I am writing to you because this program does not exist in my language version. I've been trying to publish an article for the song from the movie Toy Story 4 called "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" that was nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song. What they argue to me is that the article is not encyclopedically relevant without giving me a specific reason despite the fact that I have requested it on many occasions. Investigating, I found that the article had already been removed previously because an editor had said that it had no prestigious awards, and now that it has a nomination for a major award, it seems that it is not enough and they do not give me solid explanations, only vagueness. What's more, the page has been protected from creation and expires in exactly one year. Can you help me please? I would be eternally grateful to you. Liberty tower (talk) 23:18, 1 May 2020 (UTC)Liberty tower[reply]

User:Liberty tower You have my sympathy, but there's nothing I can do in this case. The Spanish Wikipedia has its own standards for notability, and they may be different from those of English Wikipedia. However, since the song has now been nominated for an Oscar, I think that there is a good chance that it will meet Spanish Wikipedia's notability standards. I suggest you create a draft of the article in your userspace (see instructions in English), and then either move the article to main namespace yourself, or ask a Spanish Wikipedia admin to review it for you. The most important part of any article is reliable sources: make sure that any information you add about the song is supported by citations! Hope that helps. Good luck! J-Mo 21:54, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

HostBot change[edit]

Hey JTM: the template currently being used to generate Wikipedia:WikiProject COVID-19/Article report was renamed; it is now {{COVID-19 pandemic}}. Could you please change HostBot's code to reflect the new template name? Thanks as always, UnitedStatesian (talk) 14:09, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping UnitedStatesian, thanks for the heads-up. That'll be an easy change; I'll make it today. If it doesn't look like the report is correct when it updates tomorrow, let me know! Cheers, J-Mo 20:40, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That change worked great, thanks, but as we think about it more, it would probably be better if the report instead contained the (much larger) set of every page that has a talk page tagged with the project banner {{WikiProject COVID-19}}, rather than each page with the navbox. Is that a change that would be feasible to make? Let me know, and thanks, UnitedStatesian (talk) 01:29, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
UnitedStatesian it might take a bit of work, but it's doable. I'll look into it! J-Mo 20:41, 9 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, keep me posted. UnitedStatesian (talk) 14:58, 13 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hostbot[edit]

Currently welcomes users that are globally locked. See User talk:Wackyjackwars - can it be coded to ignore them? --DannyS712 (talk) 16:54, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DannyS712: thanks for the ping. Global locks are new to me. HostBot hits the MediaWiki and checks the (local EnWiki) block log before inviting; however, I don't know how global lock status is accessed programmatically. I'll look into this--please send me links to any relevant docs you're aware of. Alternatively, if it's common practice to put a "globally locked" template on the locked user's page or talkpage, I can perform a quick page text search for particular keywords before posting the invite. So yeah, I'll do some background research but any pointers or ideas are appreciated. Cheers, J-Mo 17:47, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Jtmorgan you can use the api - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=globaluserinfo&guiuser=Wackyjackwars shows the locked status DannyS712 (talk) 17:57, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
DannyS712 btw this is now  Done. Cheers, J-Mo 16:35, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invite.[edit]

Thanks for the invite to the Teahouse (via Hostbost). StanTwoCents (talk) 16:18, 6 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

StanTwoCents: I don't operate the bot, you know, but you have a typo. It's HostBot, not HostBost. --テリヤキ (Talk With Me) 12:39, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciation and request[edit]

Thank you very much for making information information resources on Wikipedia. Thank you for inviting me to the tee room knowledge advancement. I am a novice contributor and I don't know how to submit a draft. Please sir, help me to submit this Draft:Innocent Ujah Sadeeqzaria (talk) 10:04, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Sadeeqzaria. Ask this question at the Teahouse! They'll be able to help you. Best, J-Mo 20:45, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Restore page[edit]

Hello can you please assist me in restoring the page. DavidElias83 (talk) 18:24, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

About asking questions[edit]

Hi Lucas Motsolwana (talk) 08:29, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

WIlling to have my name signed[edit]

Hey, I'm willing to have my name signed on the HostBot invitations! HeartGlow (talk) 03:04, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

sounds good, HeartGlow. I’ll add you to the list! J-Mo 01:12, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Researcher rights[edit]

Hey! I noticed that you have researcher rights. I want researcher rights so that I can collect some data for a bot I'm trying to build, but I can't figure out where to apply for them. The requests for permissions page says nothing about where to do it. Can you direct me to the right place? Sam at Megaputer (talk) 19:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Sam at Megaputer:. The best place to ask about this is probably the wiki-research-l mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l That's also a good place to introduce yourself and ask questions about research on Wikipedia. Cheers, J-Mo 21:05, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I'll do that. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 22:18, 1 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Original Barnstar
Thanks for running HostBot, who invited me to the teahouse! D4135t (talk) 17:34, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Some falafel for you![edit]

Thank you for inviting me to go to the Teahouse! Meshimeshikoko (talk) 19:34, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you![edit]


You mentioned on your Teahouse profile that you like tea, and on behalf of everyone who's ever asked a question there: thanks.

Ex-Borg Seven of Nine (talk) 23:36, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Er,

Wikipedians also recommend biscuits with tea.

Ex-Borg Seven of Nine (talk) has given you a cup of tea. Tea promotes WikiLove and hopefully this has made your day ever so slightly better.

Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a tea, especially if it is someone you have had disagreements with in the past or someone putting up with some stick at this time. Enjoy!

Spread the lovely, warm, refreshing goodness of tea by adding {{subst:wikitea}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Ex-Borg Seven of Nine (talk) 23:42, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for inviting at tea house.[edit]

So what’s the course of action here :) Secretadmireriam (talk) 21:16, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote height, awards, punctuation, grammar, and other important stuff which was missing about her, also I added citation (web links) to prove what I wrote there Secretadmireriam (talk) 21:31, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to warned users[edit]

Hi Jtmirgan,

First congratulations for your work.

I was wondering if the HostBot could take in account the previous warning messages in a user talk page. I have found that the bot is welcoming users after they had been warning of vandalism (example). It is strange, because first we tell them they are doing a wrong thing, and after that we give them a "warm" welcome. I am not sure if "level 1 warning" would be enough for preventing the welcome, but sure for level 3 or 4. What do you think about it ? Alexcalamaro (talk) 16:26, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Alexcalamaro! HostBot should already be skipping users with Level 3 & 4 user warnings, but the process for detecting these isn't very sophisticated. Basically, HostBot looks for a string like Template:Uw-vandalism1 (and several variants) within the wikitext of the messages on the page. Since the example you provided is a level 1 warning, that particular invite was delivered correctly. However, there are a couple reasons that HostBot may accidentally invite someone with a higher level warning, and it's not always easy to cover all the contingencies. So, if you find additional examples of invites to users with higher level user warnings, post them here and I'll investigate them and (if possible) update the code to fix that issue in the future. Thanks for checking in! And thanks for your work, too ;) J-Mo 20:06, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That's perfect. If I found some welcoming with a level 3/4 warning I'll let you know. Alexcalamaro (talk) 20:50, 12 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the invite[edit]

hey Hostbot,

Thank you for the invite at teahouse , i m newbie here kindly guide me how to write article.

Thanks & Regards, Rathore Deepa (Rathoredeepa) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rathoredeepa (talk • contribs) 07:18, 28 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for January 18[edit]

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HostBot invite to the Teahouse[edit]

i am asking this "Why hostbot invited me to the TeaHouse?" IDK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cebolitt (talk • contribs) 19:07, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cebolitt, It's just a bot 🔥LightningComplexFire🔥 21:41, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I know, but i am asking why this bot invited me to the Teahouse. David Ass. (talk) 20:35, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Researcher[edit]

Hi! I want to become a Female Wikipedia Researcher, here in Philippines. I am a High School Graduate and I have an Attorney, who believed that I really am a Magpayang National High School Graduate, because I can't remember where's my high school card, it's lost, from our house I guess. Please don't be angry I like your work, that I even copy pasted it.:) Gkmirror (talk) 08:01, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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