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The Signpost: 2 March 2024

March flowers

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in memory of the birthday of a friend who showed me art such as this, and of Vami --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:04, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was premiered on 14 March 1864, - when I listen to the desolate Agnus Dei I think of [[User talk:Vami IV#Rose of missing|Vami]. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:03, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Cool! Also, for the GA review on Petite messe solennelle, you mentioned a possible FA review–looking forward to that soon! :) ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 02:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
Did I? Long ago, probably before I ran into trouble with Bach cantatas. But good idea, in general ;) - What you could review is on the page WP:ITNN, also quite generally. I have three nominations there, but look around for others, all in need of interest and comments. They call it "recent deaths" and then waiting for support makes it no longer recent ;) - I uploaded vacation pics - see places, most recently a calf in the mist and chocolate cake, and a story of collaboration (and yes, about one of the "recent" deaths). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Oh, yeah. At least a week's enough to make it recent! Anyway, good work on updating the ITN-nominated articles, @Gerda Arendt! I did recently have an article posted on the Main Page (M. Emmet Walsh) that took a ton of effort to complete – though it's worth it for points in the WikiCup! ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 22:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, and yes he finally appeared. I realized after posting that I don't have to tell you how RD works. I do it since 2019, for the memory of the people I cherish (and some where I'm qualified because of German sources, and some because they are women - underrepresented). Thank you for the ton of effort for Walsh! - I had wonderful help for Pollini and specifically the piece (that I had nominated for DYK in 2019, did you see?). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Oh, cool! I've done ITN since last year, Craig Breedlove was the first one I received credit for. Now, I saw your DYK, and I was astonished at the fact that ... sofferte onde serene ... started with both periods and lowercase letters! What an interesting title! And good work on Maurizio Pollini with MONTENSEM; it's unfortunate that the Italian pianist passed away. :( ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 21:31, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Congratulations to your last one! - Pollini reached 9k+ additional readers when he was posted, - worth the effort. - I listen to Bach's St John Passion today, - 300 years after it was first performed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:22, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks! Now that's a cool fact that 9,000 more viewed the page when Pollini was posted – I didn't even realize he was posted until now, unfortunately. Almost 300 years after St John Passion structure was first performed, indeed – nine more days! ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 01:24, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Bach didn't write it for 7 April but for Good Friday. Wikipedia had no room for that. The broadcaster - thank goodness - aired on Good Friday, the link is on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:06, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Oh, really, for Good Friday? Interesting! :0 ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 19:18, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Two days later in time, Bach music for Easter! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:48, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

The article December 2017 North American winter storm you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:December 2017 North American winter storm for comments about the article, and Talk:December 2017 North American winter storm/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Pickersgill-Cunliffe -- Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 21:04, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

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  • Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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Tech News: 2024-14

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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello Tails Wx,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

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Reminders:

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DYK for February 1983 North American blizzard

On 1 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article February 1983 North American blizzard, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a blizzard helped end the Cold War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/February 1983 North American blizzard. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, February 1983 North American blizzard), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Ganesha811 (talk) 00:03, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Hook update
Your hook reached 19,527 views (813.6 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of April 2024 – nice work!

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ITN recognition for Tom Henry

On 3 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Tom Henry, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 05:00, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
This is for creating the gay flag stripe for me on a request even though you didn't have to. Thank you so much😊. PrinceofPunjabTALK 15:09, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
No problem, @PrinceofPunjab! Thanks for the barnstar! I'll be happy to help with anything ya need. :) ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 16:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Melrose Tagasa (06:24, 31 March 2024)

how do you create your own article --Melrose Tagasa (talk) 06:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Melrose Tagasa, I'm sorry for not responding earlier! To create an article, you can start by using the Article wizard or you can read through Help:Your first article to follow instructions on creating one. ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 22:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Runner1957 on Ring oscillator (17:13, 6 April 2024)

Hello, I am a retired Director of Engineering from Maxim. I wanted to add a note to the ring oscillator entry about using a PRIME number of stages to prevent sub harmonic oscillations. Also, for modeling purposes, users typically want to measuring the supply current of the ring (not including the buffer sections to amplify the signal for external monitoring). Accurate models can be done much easier with both frequency and supply current (over supply voltage and temperature) being measured. Could you show me how to add these notes? --Runner1957 (talk) 17:13, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello, @Runner1957! If you're going to add a note, all you need to add is <ref>Description of note</ref> in the source code. Otherwise, you can note information in the text by adding the information with a reliable source. I'm not sure what's to be done about the "modeling purposes", but I assume it's related to the information-adding prospect above. ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 22:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Joe Flaherty

On 7 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Joe Flaherty, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 05:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Chris Cross

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Question from GotChaDigi (01:10, 9 April 2024)

Hi - how do I go about creating a page for someone else from scratch? I've edited pages within their accounts, but not as an external editor. --GotChaDigi (talk) 01:10, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, @GotChaDigi! You can follow instructions on how to create an article via the Article wizard, or Help:Your first article. However, I'm not sure what you're implying by "edited pages within their accounts"–are you writing about a person you have a conflict-of-interest with? I'm just trying to clarify; and to clear any confusion. Thanks! :) ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 02:21, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
No, in the past, I would create an account for a client to claim a page or that has a page already and edit the contents for that pages. However, I understand that I could create or edit a page for a celebrity from within their account (new or existing). I understand that I could create page(s) for them from my account and become a editor. I am wondering if being an editor is a more effective than using a individuals account. GotChaDigi (talk) 04:41, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
I mean, you're already an editor on Wikipedia, @GotChaDigi! I'm pretty sure creating accounts for others is okay; though you shouldn't be using it with the subject you created the account for; that implies shared use. ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 14:25, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.

Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).

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Thank you for participating in the March 2024 GA backlog drive. Your noteworthy contribution (7 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 250 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, @Ganesha811! :) ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 02:25, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

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Reviewing Stiven Mikhail's draft.

It's been a while since I created a draft of Stiven Mikhail.I submit to Stiven Mikhail's drafts every time But Stiven Mikhail's draft is declined every time.Please help me fix this draft.If Stiven Mikhail's draft is not fixable So please delete Stiven Mikhail's draft as soon as possible.It will be your great kindness. Gairathimonikagairathi (talk) 11:07, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, @Gairathimonikagairathi! I can help you fix the draft, however, I cannot delete the draft since I'm not an administrator. Additionally, this seems like a relevant thread to another one above–to clear up any confusion between the two, is your account connected to the other one? ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 15:14, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Karen Yarbrough

On 13 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Karen Yarbrough, which you nominated and updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 15:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article September 2023 New York floods you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hurricanehink -- Hurricanehink (talk) 00:03, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Kvenkat07 (18:49, 11 April 2024)

Hello,

I just published my draft of Chettinad Mansions. Will this now be reviewed by an editor? --Kvenkat07 (talk) 18:49, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

@Kvenkat07: Yep! Later on, when a new page patroller comes by and checks for any issues regarding the article before reviewing. Before it's reviewed, I suggest that your article, Chettinad Mansions, is linked to other pages to de-orphan it. Additionally, why not add some categories – it's currently uncategorized! ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 02:24, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Ok great, thanks so much! I added two categories and linked two articles to it. Kvenkat07 (talk) 16:40, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Badlucksuks (15:36, 6 April 2024)

Hello. Can you please explain to me how to add citations on a phone. --Badlucksuks (talk) 15:36, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi there, @Badlucksuks! There really isn't a way to automatically add citations on mobile; it'll have to be manually added via <ref> tags on the source editor. ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 21:39, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
No, I tried it in the format given on the website, the one you told, and it doesn't work. Can you please send me an example? Badlucksuks (talk) 07:11, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Here's an example, Badlucksuks! <ref>{{cite web|last=Clash|first=Jim|date=June 13, 2023|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimclash/2023/06/13/riders-on-the-storms-tornado-chasings-all-the-rage/?sh=449999e45fb5|title=Riders On The Storms: Tornado Chasing's All The Rage|access-date=April 13, 2024|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>.
The example above produces a citation here.[1] The same can be produced with other references, and you can change the parameters to account for the citations you're adding! ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) 14:28, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help. Now I owe you. XD Badlucksuks (talk) 17:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
  1. ^ Clash, Jim (June 13, 2023). "Riders On The Storms: Tornado Chasing's All The Rage". Forbes. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

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