User talk:Benzband/Archives/February 2013

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven

Check out the Teahouse Genie Badge, awarded for solving issues on the Teahouse Wishlist.

Hello again! We have some neat updates about the Teahouse:

• We’ve added badges! Teahouse awards is a pilot project to learn how acknowledgement impacts engagement and retention in Teahouse and Wikipedia.

• We’ve got a new WikiLove Badge script that makes giving badges quick and easy. Add it here. You can give out badges to thank helpful hosts, welcome guests, acknowledge great questions and more.

• Come join the experiment and let us know what you think!

• And...for all of your great work and all of the progress that you've helped the Teahouse make, we hereby award you the Host Badge:

	Teahouse Host Badge
	Awarded to hosts at the Wikipedia Teahouse. Experienced editors with this badge have committed to welcoming guests, helping new editors, and upholding the standards of the Teahouse by giving friendly and patient guidance—at least for a time. Hosts illuminate the path for new Wikipedians, like Tōrō in a Teahouse garden. Earn more badges at: Teahouse Badges

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Thanks again! Ocaasi 01:55, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week, for reviving Wiki-Project Punk. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Buster7 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

Benzband (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) A self-styled gnome and userbox creator, Benzband joined WP in August of 2011 and has devoted 35% of his work at article pages. New users are the lifeblood of Wikipedia. Until benzband joined the community in late 2011, Project punk was almost dead. He injected much needed life into the project creating a Renaissance of sorts.. Never underestimate what a new user can do. Nominated by Buster7 based on comments by --Guerillero

You can copy the following text to your user page to display a user box proclaiming your selection as Editor of the Week:

{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week/Recipient user box}}

Thanks again for your efforts! --Go Phightins! 22:36, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

• Well deserved. ```Buster Seven Talk 06:53, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

PROJECT EDITOR RETENTION Editor of the Week
Benzband is a drummer
Benzband
Editor of the Week for the week beginning February 10, 2013
A part of the Wikipedia community since August 2011, Benzband does all-round work in all the spheres of the Wiki. He has been a WikiGnome as well as a userbox creator. His actions and activity at the Project Punk has been fundamental in the project's subsequent Renaissance and improvement.
Recognized for	Revival and subsequent improvement of Project Punk
Notable work(s)	Garageland (song)
Nomination page

Congrats Benzband!— - dain- talk    15:09, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

I am honored by your kind words and nomination. Thank you! benzband (talk) 17:39, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Well deserved. You do good work and are exactly what EOTW is for pointing out.--Amadscientist (talk) 04:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Thankyou, much appreciated! :) benzband (talk) 12:28, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

More kind words for you!

Any editor that can display a button on their talk page that says "kill me" is allllll riiiight in my book. Not taking yourself too seriously is one of the best qualities a good Wikipedian could have. Thanks for all you do! You are highly deserving of all recognition you may receive. Keep up the fine work. Gtwfan52 (talk) 18:08, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Haha thanks! Hopefully any admins will check the link before clicking on it ;) benzband (talk) 18:13, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

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Talkback

Hello, Benzband. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Kindness Campaign.
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Lova Falk talk 11:37, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

New Article Feedback version available for testing

Hey all.

As promised, we've built a set of improvements to the Article Feedback Tool, which can be tested through the links here. Please do take the opportunity to play around with it, let me know of any bugs, and see what you think :).

A final reminder that the Request for Comment on whether AFT5 should be turned on on Wikipedia (and how) is soon to close; for those of you who have not submitted an opinion or !voted, it can be found here.

Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 19:11, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

hello

Hi, i was wondering why my edit was changed :) the page i edited lacked a lot of information about the singer so i wanted to improve it. even used the given references at the bottom of the page, the previous edit history and other wikipedia articles about Bangladeshi singers as templates and reference, including but not limited to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehreen_Mahmud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samina_Chowdhury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_(musician) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runa_Laila http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_Islam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momtaz_Begum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuad_al_Muqtadir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bappa_Mazumder

compared to the above articles (which mostly are filled with uncited, unverified content), i think mine was much better and well cited. i believe there has been some misunderstanding, otherwise i'm sure the other articles would have been changed first? thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Faisal961 (talk • contribs) 16:55, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikiproject Articles for creation Needs You!

WikiProject Articles for creation Backlog Elimination Drive

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long Backlog Elimination Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running from March 1st, 2013 – March 31st, 2013.

Awards will be given out for all reviewers participating in the drive in the form of barnstars at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 2000 articles, so start reviewing articles! Visit the drive's page and help out!

Delivered by User:EdwardsBot on behalf of Wikiproject Articles for Creation at 13:36, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)

A celebratory cupcake from the Teahouse Birthday Badge

It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Metric	Control group	Teahouse group	Contrast
Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit)	5.02 weeks	8.57 weeks	1.7x retention
Average number of articles edited	58.7 articles	116.9 edits	2.0x articles edited
Average talk page edits	36.5 edits	85.6 edits	2.4x talk page edits
Average article space edits	129.6 edits	360.4 edits	2.8x article edits
Average total edits (all namespaces)	182.1 edits	532.4 edits	2.9x total edits

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)

-- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

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The Teahouse Turns One!

It's been an exciting year for the Teahouse and you were a part of it. Thanks so much for visiting, asking questions, sharing answers, being friendly and helpful, and just keeping Teahouse an awesome place. You can read more about the impact we're having and the reflections of other guests and hosts like you. Please come by the Teahouse to celebrate with us, and enjoy this sparkly cupcake badge as our way of saying thank you. And, Happy Birthday!

	Teahouse First Birthday Badge
	Awarded to everyone who participated in the Wikipedia Teahouse during its first year! To celebrate the many hosts and guests we've met and the nearly 2000 questions asked and answered during this excellent first year, we're giving out this tasty cupcake badge. Earn more badges at: Teahouse Badges

--Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 22:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)