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Invitation, again

You are a remarkable editor in many ways. You would be a good administrator, in my opinion, and appear to be well qualified. You personify an administrator without tools and have gained my support already!

Last summer (has it already been that long?), I left you a message about applying for NPR. I'm back, but with a slightly different message. I realize that RfA is a shitshow, and I would not necessarily advise you to start one right now. But the problem is with RfA, not with you: in a world with a functional RfA, you would be ready and would pass with flying colors. You are a valuable asset to this project, Clovermoss. HouseBlaster^talk 20:52, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

I agree with HouseBlaster's encouraging words; particularly that you are a valued member of our community. If you're inclined to serve as an administrator, you can expect to see me in full support (and many others, I'm sure). In the interim, I wish you the best. --John Cline (talk) 02:03, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

I would love to support your RfA. Of course, only you know whether you would like to serve as admin. (t · c) buidhe 02:21, 13 December 2023 (UTC).

Do it. jp×g🗯️ 06:03, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

+1 ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 06:20, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

What HouseBlaster said except remove all the don't do it bit and just go for it. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (he|she|they) 07:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

A self-nom would have been so cool! ——Serial 14:41, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Serial Number 54129: she did! You've got this, Clovermoss! HouseBlaster^talk 14:43, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Cheers HouseBlaster, yeah she let me know... I've commented, perhaps slightly expressively!  :) Thanks tho! ——Serial 14:58, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Incredibly strong oppose I maen seriusly you cna't evne spell 'received' proprely in your nonimation statment? Obviuosly complytely unsiuted to be an adnimistrytor. :) (If that's the only mistake you ever make, you're a heck of a lot better than the rest of us!) --Hammersoft (talk) 15:00, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Just noting that it's nice to see another ace admin candidate. There are dozens of us! :) firefly ( t · c ) 16:07, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

It's nice to know I'm not alone :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:49, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Good luck. I'm sure you'll do fine and won't do this to Wikipedia. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (no relation) 04:53, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Long Overdue

I'm delighted you've decided to stand Clovermoss! Back when we first met at WT:NPPR, I knew you were a competent and kind user, and an excellent social role model that we would be honored to count among the corps. I was worried that RfA was too stressful to most qualified candidates, but this year has shown me that the community is not fossilized enough to keep out some of our best. I wish you luck in your RfA, and hopefully our paths will cross more often in the coming year! The Night Watch (talk) 20:56, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! I wasn't paying attention and didn't know the RfA was in progress. I would have thrown in my support, for whatever that's worth. Jim.henderson (talk) 03:55, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

@Jim.henderson If you really want to, you still can. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 05:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah. I misread an unreleased news story. So, stopping for pizza, I pulled out the phone and voted. Jim.henderson (talk) 22:17, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Trifolium courage

	Trifolium courage
	I know it's not over yet, but this isn't about passing your RFA, it's about standing at RFA. I know you were hesitant to run, but not only did you run, you nominated yourself. That takes some real anthers. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:29, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

@ScottishFinnishRadish It's very sweet of you to create your own version of "root vegetable courage". :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:47, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive

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Your request for adminship

Hi Clovermoss, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations! As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck! Acalamari 14:06, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Very happy to see this. You know where I am if you ever need anything, whether it's a sanity check or just a philosophical discussion. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:48, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Congrats, and good luck with the tools. ~ Prodraxis (Merry Christmas!) 15:50, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

So happy for you, Clovermoss! Congrats! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:58, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Here's a lolcat to congratulate you for your successful RfA. :) ~ Prodraxis (Merry Christmas!) 15:50, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! ULPS ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:21, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Well done! You kept a level head. Now, get back to work on this wonderful encyclopedia. Cullen328 (talk) 05:59, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Belated congrats! VickKiang (talk) 11:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Keeping this tradition alive.. Congratulations and Merry Christmas!

Congratulations on your successful adminship! You may also need this... 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁＝☁＝✈) 14:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! NotAGenious (talk) 14:18, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm also bringing you some mop juice and rouge. Felicitations. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 14:20, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Congrats, Clovermoss! I'm really glad you decided to run. Welcome to the admin corps, and if I can ever help with anything please feel free to ask. Vanamonde (Talk) 04:55, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations! Ganesha811 should be here shortly with the admin baton... Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 04:08, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Can confirm! The baton will be arriving as soon as I can get to something bigger than a phone! —Ganesha811 (talk) 04:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to adminship!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Congratulations on the RFA, Clovermoss, and welcome to adminship! ChrisWx 🎄 (Happy holidays!) 16:46, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

A brownie for you! (Congrats!)

Congrats on your successful RfA! I'm excited to see you out and about using your mop. ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 19:05, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	For keeping it together all through the RfA despite certain idiot fuckheads (me) asking stupid questions. jp×g🗯️ 05:10, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Another barnstar!

		The Special Barnstar
		I think this is really the only barnstar to give someone who exemplified model behavior for a candidate admin throughout her RfA! — Daniel Case (talk) 05:51, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

A successful RfA right around Christmas? Win-win!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello Clovermoss, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1(The Garage) 16:07, 21 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

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Belated congrats

Real world stuff got in the way the last couple of weeks, but I wanted to add my sincere congrats on your overwhelming RfA. I'm sure you'll be a fine addition to the admin corps. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 02:30, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations, new Admin!

I wanted to add my congratulations, Clovermoss! Welcome to the mop team! -- Rosiestep (talk) 04:00, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

A baton for you

	The admin baton
	Slightly delayed by the holidays, but Santa got here nevertheless! Congrats, and here's a baton for you to pass on in due course. Happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 05:11, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

@Ganesha811: Thanks for the baton! This is the coolest thing ever, I'm looking forward to passing it on when the time comes. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:04, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Merry Christmas, Clovermoss! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 02:48, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

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Congratulations!

Hi, I hardly ever get involved in these things, but I saw your request and was pleased to support. Congratulations! Springnuts (talk) 15:39, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

Season's greetings, Clovermoss! I hope you enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice. Congratulations on getting the mop recently too! Thank you for your continued effort to improve the project.

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Congratulations!

Congratulations for being elected. Alfa-ketosav (talk) 12:06, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Clovermoss. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 19:43, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

@Queen of Hearts: Done! That was actually my first block, I've been watching WP:ANV all morning and asking another admin some questions. I'm trying to learn new things :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 19:49, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Block/deletion.

Regarding this edit, and the subsequent response, I'd appreciate it if you removed the post and revdeled the whole thing, at the least per WP:DENY. He doesn't need to be told. There is no reason to notify any sock of a LTA case anything about scrubbing their useless abuse from public view. Also, the IPs talk page access should be revoked for as long as the block lasts, in line with other socks. oknazevad (talk) 20:57, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

@Oknazevad:  Done The message about the deleted page was accidental and involved me forgetting to uncheck a box (I did manage to do that correctly for the other page I deleted that had a similar theme).

I have removed and revdelled that comment. Sorry I missed it. I was about to start trying to get ready for a nap and wasn't really looking closely enough at my watchlist there.

Feel free to reach out again if you ever have any feedback. I'm a new admin and I'm trying to do my best. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:08, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I appreciate it. The user in question pops up periodically and targets me for whatever reason. Rather pathetic that they're doing it on Christmas. Though one thing, could you also delete the edit summaries, as the page name is still there. oknazevad (talk) 21:11, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I have done that, too. If I've somehow missed something else, talk page stalkers are welcome to deal with it on my behalf. I trust y'all. Really going to try and take my nap now. 😴 Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:30, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Congrats!

Nice job getting adminship! Though, you should probably remove yourself from the AWOT category, as you have achieved adminship and now have the tools. I can do stuff! (talk) 03:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@Icandostuff: I've removed myself from the category, thanks for letting me know. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 08:41, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Congrats are in store. Best of Luck. I have every confidence that your spirit of friendliness and good heartedness will carry the day. Don't let the naysayers get in the way of what you want to accomplish. Hundreds have your back. Buster7 (talk) 22:58, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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Season's greetings

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Happy New Year, Clovermoss!

Happy New Year!

Clovermoss,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Happy New Year, Clovermoss!

Happy New Year!

Clovermoss,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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@Epicgenius: I subscribed to the newsletter because I think the wikicup is interesting. I'm not planning on formally participating or anything though... is my preference for seeing these messages going to mess anything up on your end? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

@Clovermoss, anyone is free to subscribe, even if they are not competing, so you should be fine. Thank you for your interest in the WikiCup. Epicgenius (talk) 15:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

One of these days I hope to not just be watching from the sidelines. :) Maybe next year. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:52, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

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• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
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Happy New Year!

	Happy New Year!
	Hello Clovermoss: Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels? Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz(T) 20:29, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello! I made a calendar of oddities

Hey Clover! Congrats on the RfA and I hope you're having a good 2024 so far! I made a list of unusual anniversaries (kind of like WP:UNUSUAL and WP:OTD combined) on my userpage and I'm spreading the word in case others have good things to add. I'm not quite sure what the purpose of the page is yet; I just figured that if *I* find it interesting, others might too. Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 00:43, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I do find it interesting, Crunchydillpickle. Thanks for sharing it with me. By the way, if you ever come visit Canada, you should try dill pickle chips. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:09, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I've had dill pickle chips from Trader Joes and I didn't even know they were a Canadian thing! Every day I learn so many things! Crunchydillpickle🥒 (talk) 01:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@Crunchydillpickle: Yeah, we have some well-known regional potato chip varieties. It's been on my mind lately as I wrote ketchup chip this week. By the way, you should take a look at Wikipedia:Time Between Edits and Wikipedia:Records. I have a hunch you'd like them just as much as I do. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:20, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations

Hi - I've just logged in again properly for the fist time in ages, and just skimmed the latest administrators' newsletter - congrats on your appointment. Sorry I missed your run, I would most certainly have supported had I been aware of it. Hope you're enjoying the new buttons. Happy new year! Girth Summit _(blether) 15:15, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Girth Summit. It's nice to know you approve of me, your opinion is high up on my personal pedestal along with Nick's. :) I haven't really been using the tools much as of yet, but I have read some guides and performed a few admin actions so far. We'll see where the future takes us, I suppose. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:28, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Adding on a bit to that last part, if there's any advice you'd like to give me as I explore brand new frontiers, I'd appreciate it. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:38, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Going to tack on here as well as I've been pretty occupied over the last month, (even since the editor-experience-reflection request you sent me: this was something I really wanted to respond to at the time I saw it, but didn't want to commit until I was ready to answer the Q's, which I hadn't been able to). In any case, I unfortunately wasn't able to participate in your RfA, but the first thing I wanted to do upon getting back was congratulate you on your run! You'll do great I'm sure :D (I guess it's been a month already wow), and if there's still time for me to do an editor reflection you may see that in the coming days (or weeks) so I'll try to do that sooner rather than later. B) Cheers! Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 07:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@Utopes: Well it hasn't quite been a month yet. I ran on the 13th and actually got the tools on the 20th. It's been surprising how many people have been showing up to congratulate me, though. :) Take your time with the editor reflection, there's no need to rush it. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:32, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

NPP Awards for 2023

		The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award
		For over 360 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:50, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@Dr vulpes: This is actually somewhat surprising to me, that I've done that many article reviews. I'm fairly certain I mostly focus on the redirect portion of the queue. Is there an award for redirects as well, out of curiousity? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:30, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

It's funny you say that @Clovermoss because I had the exact same thought when I pulling the records. Here's the SQL code I ran to get the redirects, the award is for anyone who does 2,000 or more redirects and we both fell shot by ~400 reviews. If you find a mistake please let me know, this is my first time doing the end of year awards so it is 100% possible I've screwed up somewhere. Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@Dr vulpes: I got the NPP perm sometime last year so I'm not that familiar with the end of year awards we have. I will say that if it were up to me, there should be a barnstar for 1,000+ redirect reviews because that's a substantial number in itself. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

I'll bring it up with the other coordinators that's not a bad idea with the redirect backlog! Dr vulpes (Talk) 17:34, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

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@Clovermoss: That was a great outcome, Not, for a promotional bit of native advertising, a complete copyvio and full peacock and weasel words along with WP:PROMO to the core. scope_creep^Talk 09:40, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

@Scopecreep: For what it's worth, I second guessed myself after declining. Two other admins I've reached out to have said they would've deleted as a G11. I'm still learning. I was just very hesitant to delete something outright that seemed notable, even if WP:TNT might have been the more realistic outcome there. I added the ad tag for a reason and I'm happy that it reads less like a PR brochure now. As for the copyright concerns, I'm adding a user script that will help me catch that a bit more quickly. I'm still reflecting on the situation and what to do next. I don't want to rush things and make them worse. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:45, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

And I do appreciate you gutting the promotional content, Scopecreep (it's why I thanked you for it before you left this message). I was going to do so myself but you were one step ahead of me on that. I was trying to figure out that my second thoughts weren't some colossal mistake first. I do think my approach to the situation wasn't completely terrible... There is some salvageable content worth merging, even if the product might not be notable enough for its own article. G11s typically don't cite the New York Times or have anything worth salvaging, in my experience. I was trying to take the warning on Wikipedia:Deletion isn't cleanup to heart, as speedy deletion is a kind of unilateral action that doesn't have the same oversight as other processes like AfD. WP:G11 also states that If a subject is notable and the content could plausibly be replaced with text written from a neutral point of view, this is preferable to deletion. But I also realize that you tend to deal with spam a lot and maybe our perspectives differ. It definitely seems to be more of an edge case since multiple people have reached out to me to say 'yeah, I would've deleted as G11'. I will note that I've also reached out to the article creator as I'm concerned that there might be some form of upe or coi involved, given how blatantly promotional some of the language used to be. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:26, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks and favor request

Hi Clover, thank you for helping me with my reference library questions during our meetup today. As discussed, I was wondering if you could do me a favor and help me to obtain a copy of this online article [1] that I don't have a subscription to. It helps with an article subject I am working on. Much appreciated! :) --PeaceNT (talk) 03:19, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

@PeaceNT: Not Clover, but you can find an archive to the Globe and Mail article here. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 03:24, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Ohana. I didn't realize that was possible. It's always cool when I learn new things. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 03:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

OhanaUnited Thank you for your quick support! I managed to access your link. Appreciate your help! --PeaceNT (talk) 03:50, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

PeaceNT, feel free to ignore the email I sent before I recieved Ohana's message. It seems like the answer was less complicated than I was expecting. I do know that in general the Wikipedia:Resource Exchange is a great place to check out if you're ever looking for something in particular. And I do still have my Globe and Mail subscription if there are limits to what is easily viewed through archived pages. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 03:30, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Clover, thank you for your quick support and connecting me to this RX page! It looks like a helpful resource there - I'll be sure to explore it when I need something. --PeaceNT (talk) 03:50, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Real-Life Barnstar
		Thank you for participating in Toronto's Wikipedia Day! I am really impressed at your contributions, such as creating fun articles like Ketchup chips! Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 01:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Regarding Newbie Central

A nice workup. When I read the usual welcome templates they seem brisk, complicated, and more liable to chase the standard newbie away than give them a welcome basket. Plain language and a friendly attitude at least gives them a few minutes of good feelings until their edits are reverted without explanation and the sternly worded warnings start to fly onto their talk page. Randy Kryn (talk) 03:55, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm glad you like Newbie Central. It's a slightly altered version of links that were useful when I headed a "newbie table" for Toronto's Wikipedia Day. As for the second half of your comment, if you see newbies being reverted without explanation, maybe you should reach out to the editor in question? That's somewhat bitey. It's also not that courteous, even if the editor in question is not a newcomer. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Good point, although I don't usually keep track of who is new and who isn't. Just making the point of what new editors sometimes have to endure, but will keep a keener eye out for specific instances. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:18, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

EduWiki

As always, Metawiki is a maze, and I cannot find the wikiediting guides I was looking for, sorry. But hope that they will able to answer your questions.

Another interesting idea I got from the WikiEdu Conference in Belgrade is that maybe teaching ppl to edit is a bridge too far: first you need to theach the genaral public to read Wikipedia, e.g. explain what are the little numbers near the text mean, how do sistinguish between a reliable and unrealible source etc. The wider is the funnel at the base, the more active editors we'll get at the end of it. --Victoria (talk) 14:50, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Victoria. It was very nice chatting with you and Rosiestep yesterday. When I'm feeling a bit better (somewhat sick right now), I'll go and check this out. I really do think the chance to observe a class while it's happening would be insightful and that a reflection of something like that would be useful. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Found it unexpectedly in a different place.--Victoria (talk) 15:48, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@MMiller (WMF) I'm also giving you a courtesy ping because you came up at some point during our conversation :) I heard that you're doing something about encouraging younger editors like me? If so, I'm curious on your ambitions. Feel free to nerd out on the details!

P.S. I really enjoyed talking with you and Selena at WCNA. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Clovermoss -- thank you for getting in touch, and I'm so glad you took the plunge to become an admin! I think probably what you heard about is work I've done in the past with the Growth team, which has been dedicated to "new editor retention" for years (except for the last several months, but that's a different story). You can see in that link that the team has focused their work around the newcomer homepage, suggested edits, and mentorship, which I know you used when you were new.

But I suspect that these kinds of features are only part of the necessary mix when it comes to younger editors. We have to figure out our broader answer to the question of "why should younger editors get involved?", and make sure that we offer something compelling to those people and that they can tell that we offer it.

Something @Victoria mentioned resonated with me -- about how going from being a reader to an editor is actually a really big jump for a lot of people. One of the things we're thinking about is whether we can help readers of Wikipedia take some baby steps toward getting more involved and attached as readers, maybe making them more faithful readers and being closer toward editing. Like, for instance, if readers could easily share an article to social media or make a list of their favorite articles to share with others. You can read some about the thinking here. I wonder what you and Victoria think of that set of ideas? MMiller (WMF) (talk) 22:22, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - February 2024

Humour

• Does editing Wikipedia burn calories? If it does, does it count as exercise? ;)
• TWW is back from being long dormant. It was a nice "Hibernation" lol.

Wiki(P/M)edia news

• Voting regarding the Universal Code of Conduct is taking place on Meta Wiki. More information can be found via the link
• EN Wikipedia has a few new Administrators following their successful RFA!
• Information on the upcoming Steward Election on Meta can be found here
• A new feature called Reference Previews has been created. More information: here

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Women in Red February 2024

Women in Red | February 2024, Volume 10, Issue 2, Numbers 293, 294, 297, 298 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Black women Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcement Please let other wikiprojects know about our February Black women event. Tip of the month: AllAfrica can now be searched on the ProQuest tab at the WP Library. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 31 January 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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

Administrator changes

• Red-tailed hawk
• Robertsky

• Ameliorate!
• Ancheta Wis
• Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
• Cobi
• Ev
• Moondyne
• Worm That Turned

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

CheckUser changes

Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes

• Enterprisey
• Izno

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
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January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Clovermoss for collecting at least 25 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:39, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

IP you blocked

Hi, Clovermoss. I see you blocked IP 92.40.194.79 for 31 hours a few minutes ago. I'm thinking you may not have noticed their abusive page creations, which I and others have deleted — please take a look at their deleted contributions to see. Anyway, I've upped the block to one week, hope you don't mind. Bishonen | tålk 13:14, 11 February 2024 (UTC).

@Bishonen: I don't mind at all. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:16, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter

The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. 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. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 February 2024

• News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers

• Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go?

• Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna

• In the media: Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part

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Women in Red March 2024

Women in Red | March 2024, Volume 10, Issue 3, Numbers 293, 294, 299, 300, 301 Online events: New: Alphabet run Q & R | Art+Feminism | Find Her Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements Celebrate Women – All content gender gap events, in every language Wikipedia, in March 2024 Francophone Women★ Writers Fortnight 2024 Feminism and Folklore 2024 Writing Contest Tip of the month: When creating a new article, check various spellings, including birth name, married names and pseudonyms, to be sure an article doesn't already exist. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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

Administrator changes

• Sdkb
• The Night Watch

• East718
• Isabelle Belato
• Mzajac
• Staecker
• Stan Shebs
• Sugarfish
• Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes

SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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The Signpost: 2 March 2024

• News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"

• Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"

• In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record

• Obituary: Vami_IV

• Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday

• WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close

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Query

Hello, Clovermoss,

I just saw your invitation to an editor to participate in User:Clovermoss/Editor reflections. I was just curious what you were going to do with all of this information you are gathering. Are you going to summarize it for a Signpost article? Use if for some other report or analysis you are doing? Or is it just to satisfy your personal curiousity? Thanks for any additional insight you can provide. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:46, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't really have any particular plans for it, I think it's worth doing just in itself. I explain the origins of it in my intro at the page, it was basically me trying to bring the spirit of offline meetups to the wiki itself :) I think it helps show that there's always another person behind the screen and that it's something that's just generally good for community morale. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 05:34, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, it just seems that if you are getting a good response and you can find a way to organize the information, it would be worthwhile to share your observations with Editor Retention or WMF HQ or somewhere so the information would go beyond your User pages. Otherwise, it kind of starts and ends with you. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that but if it could help WMF, the Arbitration Committee or anyone with influence understand editors better, what problems they face, what got them started editing, etc., then it might be worth investing the time to put together a report. I know that Piotrus is a sociologist and a longtime editor who might have some ideas on how to organize this information. Just a thought. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:40, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm under the impression that plenty of people with the WMF are already aware of the page's existence, so it's not like it exists in a vacuum. As for general visibility, I think my project is pretty well known at this point :) While I think it's very much worth doing for its own sake, there have been a few people who've expressed interest in the data side of it so far (Wugapodes and Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist come to mind). Anyone who wants to say anything is also free to chip in at the talk page for it at any time. I know a lot of people are impressed with editor reflections, but ~150 Wikipedians isn't really that many in the grand scheme of things.

+ Courtesy ping to Piotrus since they're mentioned above. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:08, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

I'd certainly be willing to offer feedback or help develop a paper based on the data if anyone is interested. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:20, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

@Piotrus: I'd be interested if you think this would be a worthy use of your time. I will say that I plan to keep this going for quite awhile so it's worth considering that factor, as you might wish to update your analysis on a regular basis. I plan on archiving editor reflections into batches of 100 (User:Clovermoss/Editor reflections#Archives), which might be helpful if you're looking for easily dividable chunks to analyze. I could also ask around if you wish to have someone help you with however you decide to approach this. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:05, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. It may be some time before I find time to delve into this myself, which why I said I'd be happy to help others. But if nobody jumps in, yes, I think this is valuable data that can be used to undestand our community better. Mind you, I want to be clear, it may take me months - years - before I get around to doing something serious with this. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:14, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

@Piotrus: I don't mind waiting, even if it's a long time. I do plan to be around the foreseeable future, afterall. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 06:58, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Next Toronto WikiClub meetup

Thanks again for attending the last Toronto WikiClub in January! If you want to help plan the next meeting, please add your name in the designated section of the WikiClub page. Please do not worry if you are not interested in the organizing aspect. We will keep everyone informed once the meetup is scheduled through the WikiClub page. SophieWMCA (talk) 16:27, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks SophieWMCA. I am interested in the long term but I'm incredibly busy with real life obligations until April/May-ish. Then things will ease up a bit. Is it possible that I might be able to be part of the organizing aspect later? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 07:06, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Of course! We'll keep you in the loop :) SophieWMCA (talk) 13:31, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Apps newsletter – First quarter of 2024

Hello, and welcome to the app’s first newsletter in 2024!

It has been a long year; we published four editions of our newsletter, which you can go through all of them. In this edition, we will cover our work for the last quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024!

Android

• Edit Patrol (also known as Patroller tasks on Android) has been released to Beta testers with rollback rights on Test Wiki and Indonesian Wikipedia. We had a productive meeting with Indonesian users to introduce and discuss the new patrolling tasks feature on the Android app, as we provided a detailed presentation on the feature, and collected valuable feedback from the Indonesian community to enhance the user experience.
  For those interested, a meeting recording is available.
  We conducted outreach to Spanish, and French Wikipedia communities during February 2024.
• We hosted two synchronous community consultations & recorded a third where we shared the Edit Patrol suggested edit workflow, and showed designs for Saved messages and templates:
  • French - 21 February 2024 from 16-17 UTC. Recording with translation, slides.
  • Spanish - 28 February 2024 from 16-17 UTC. Recording, and slides.
• Places feature is back to the Wikipedia Android app!
  Places is a feature that allows you to discover articles by location.
  The iOS app was able to maintain the feature via use of Apple Maps, but it was necessary for Android audiences that we continue using an open source map.

iOS

• Suggested Edits on iOS prototype is in the experimental build. Instructions to test the feature can be found on this FAQ page.
  Alt text is text associated with an image that serves the same purpose and conveys the same essential information as the image.
  The app's product manager presented our team's work and prototype (iOS suggested edits) to the GLAM conference audience. All details can be found in the presentation's deck.
• It is now possible to donate using Apple Pay directly from the app.
• IOS Native Editor Improvement Development is out!
  You will be able to edit, find and replace, and insert links and images directly from Commons without any performance issues!
  Additionally, it is now possible to edit a full article page and a talk page.

In the current quarter, we aim to engage with editors from LATAM, Spanish-speaking regions, North America, and the Caribbean to test Suggested edits and the new native editor features.

Community meetings

• We participated in the GLAM conference in November 2023. All the details are mentioned in the iOS section of this edition from the newsletter.
• On December 1st of 2023, The Wikipedia Android team met with Indonesian users to introduce and discuss the new patrolling tasks feature on the Android app. The team provided a detailed presentation on the feature and collected valuable feedback. A meeting recording is available.
• We joined the Wiki Editoras Lx editathon on December 16th to gather feedback about an alt-text Suggested Edit task on iOS.
  Attendees were generally positive about the prospect of the feature. Experienced editors thought it could be a good task for on-boarding new editors, but also a more casual way of contributing for new editors.

And you can subscribe to this newsletter.

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Your work is important

Just wanted to let you know that (as a member of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee) I was recently in New York City and attended multiple Wikimedia-related meetings. Your "Editor Reflections" page was mentioned several times in a very positive way. It made me proud to have been a participant in your thought experiment. Risker (talk) 17:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@Risker: I appreciate the appreciation even if it's a bit odd to me that people keep making such a big deal out of editor reflections. Obviously I care about it and think it important but it's been intriguing to see other's reactions to it as well.

May I ask a question? I don't actually know what the Movement Charter Drafting Committee is. Would you be able to explain what exactly it is? I'm curious now that you've brought it up. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:02, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) is the group that is tasked with developing a charter for the Wikimedia Movement. We've been working on it since late 2022; bits and pieces of draft chapters have been published over the last 2 years. We're now finalizing a complete draft that will be published on Meta at the beginning of April, for full community consultation. After that consultation, we will make some revisions, and the final proposed charter will be published end-May for a ratification vote by the contributing communities, the affiliates and (if both of those succeed) the WMF Board of Trustees. The vote will happen in June; mark your calendar. I've worked on a lot of committees and groups over the years, and this has by far been the most difficult task I have ever undertaken. Risker (talk) 18:37, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

A Barnstar for your kindness

		The Good Heart Barnstar
		Thank you for your kind and calming approach at my talk page. I think you helped ease a lot of tension; you at least helped me feel less uneasy. You said you were trying to be more outspoken, and I hope you feel you succeeded. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 19:57, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

[@Hydrangeans:] I'm glad to hear that I helped ease things instead of making them worse. I imagine it's quite overwhelming to have wall of texts come at you out of the blue when you weren't aware there was even something to be wary about it in the first place. And yeah, the being more outspoken thing is a work in progress, but I think I succeeded by the mere fact I didn't just stay silent seeing the new messages on your talk page in my watchlist.

For what it's worth, I definitely see you trying to do the right thing. But even if this feels like maybe it'll never end, it will. And I'm always here if you ever need someone you feel like you can trust to ask questions.

And if you're ever intrigued by what I was talking about in regards to JW legal history, Roncarelli v Duplessis and West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette are interesting reads. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

User talk:Sterispharmaa

You may wish to revoke TPA. Cahk (talk) 08:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Cahk: It looks like they've only tried to spam the one time on their talk page so I'm reluctant to revoke talk page access at this point in time. The page is on my watchlist if they start doing it again. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from DrMJordan (17:42, 22 March 2024)

I am trying to create an article similar to Bea Arthur. I'm not sure I'm in the correct place or not. Help, please. --DrMJordan (talk) 17:42, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi DrMJordan. Props to you for choosing a detailed article as your inspiration (Bea Arthur). There is a guide for creating your first article that you may find useful. If you encounter difficulties while you're working on your draft, feel free to reach out and ask questions. I'm also going to leave a semi-automated message on your talk page with some other links you may find useful. Cheers, Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Jehovah's Witnesses feedback

Hey there. I saw this request you made to another editor looking for feedback on the Jehovah's Witnesses article. Though you didn't ask me, I took a look at the article.

I find that the lead is too long and have tried to reduce it. I haven't dealt with the first paragraph yet (which is extremely long) but below is what I suggest be considered to replace the current final four paragraphs of the lead:

Jehovah's Witnesses are known for their door-to-door preaching, distributing literature such as The Watchtower and Awake!, and for refusing military service and blood transfusions. They consider the use of "Jehovah" as the name of God to be vital for proper worship. Witnesses commonly call their body of beliefs "The Truth" and consider themselves to be "in the Truth". They reject all other forms of Christianity (which they refer to as Christendom) and do not believe in the existence of Hell or the inherent immortality of the soul, which they consider unscriptural doctrines. They do not observe Christmas, Easter, birthdays, or other holidays and customs they consider to have pagan origins incompatible with Christianity. They consider human society morally corrupt and under the influence of Satan, and most limit their social interaction with non-Witnesses.

The group's position on conscientious objection to military service and refusal to salute state symbols (like national anthems and flags) has brought it into conflict with some governments. Persistent legal challenges by Jehovah's Witnesses have influenced legislation related to civil rights in several countries. Some Jehovah's Witnesses have been persecuted for their beliefs, and their activities banned or restricted in some countries.

The organization has been frequently criticized for a number of its doctrines, and practices, such as disfellowshipping, their term for the formal expulsion and shunning of former members. Their preferred translation of the Bible, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, has been criticized as being inacurrate and The Watch Tower Society has been criticized for having made various unfulfilled predictions about major biblical events, such as Christ's Second Coming, the advent of God's kingdom, and Armageddon. The organization's handling of cases of child sexual abuse has also been a source of controversy and has been the subject of various formal inquiries.

Not sure if this is the kind of thing you were looking for, fortunately I somehow enjoy reducing and summarizing information like this. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 23:23, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

I was looking for Levivich's input specifically, but I'm not opposed to anyone else throwing their effort into improving the article, either. The more the merrier! Feel free to pitch in your own two cents or make bold edits as you please. I will say that reducing information wasn't necessarily my goal. I'm not quite sure how to put it but there's certain things that are extensively detailed and other things that are barely covered or not at all? I've tried to remedy some of that, with most of my edits being the removal of ~130 primary sources. I've also added some content and tried to refocus the article into summarizing reliable sources instead of a bunch of synth cited to the religion's magazines. It's in better shape than it was in 2022 (which was around when I started trying to do anything extensive) so maybe I'm letting perfect be the enemy of good. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:22, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

All that said, I don't see any issues with your proposed changes and the lead probably should be trimmed. I was just expressing my general thoughts about the article in its entirety. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:22, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

References

Question from Muhammad Ali Zafar Shah (03:42, 24 March 2024)

How do I create articles? Can I made my Wikipedia? --Muhammad Ali Zafar Shah (talk) 03:42, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Muhammad Ali Zafar Shah A good place to start is the WP:Article wizard. (t · c) buidhe 03:46, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

NPP re-assess

Hello Clovermoss, I hope you are well.

I am reaching out because my trial period of NPP is expiring in roughly a week, and you told me to reach out to you once it would.

Cheers! Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 13:54, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Cocobb8, I appreciate the reminder about your NPP trial period expiring. I'll take a detailed look at your progress sometime before next week and give my feedback. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

@Cocobb8: Nice work! I checked your patrols and I don't really see anything worth commenting on like last time. I'd like to see a bit more experience before granting on a permanent basis, so I've regranted for six months this time as a step between that and a single month trial. As always, feel free to reach out to me if you ever have any questions. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 19:51, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Awesome thanks! Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 19:54, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Categorisation of protein/gene name redirects

Hey, I see you added a tracking category to one of such my articles here, thanks. Is it freely applicable to other such articles I made? I asked in WP:MCB but didn't get an answer yet. InternetowyGołąb (talk) 19:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @InternetowyGołąb: Yeah, you can always add applicable redirect categories. Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects has information that might interest you. Elli (talk | contribs) 19:40, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

@Elli Thanks, I will check out the page. I'm asking also because some editors have added "scientific name for organism" tracking category (example) which is of coarse inapplicable in this case. I thought it's some enwiki specific workaround/practice or something...? Im not sure now InternetowyGołąb (talk) 19:45, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

@InternetowyGołąb: That's an inaccurate category and should be removed, but an understandable mistake (as the template is just called "R from alternative scientific name", not indicating that it's only for organisms). Elli (talk | contribs) 19:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

@Elli All clear then. Thanks for the help, I will correct that soon. InternetowyGołąb (talk) 19:56, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Roslyn Artime on Michael Horovitz (20:45, 29 March 2024)

How do I add the little number for reference? --Roslyn Artime (talk) 20:45, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

@Roslyn Artime: This guide should help you figure out how to do that. Let me know if you have any further questions, okay? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 06:56, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Stephenjk92 (19:49, 30 March 2024)

Hello,

I am here to create a wiki page about my father who was a drug free powelifter in the 80s and early 90s. How do I start that? --Stephenjk92 (talk) 19:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Stephenjk92. Please read this guide regarding conflicts of interest. It is heavily discouraged to create articles about one's family. A separate issue would be possible notability (this has a specific meaning on Wikipedia), see this page about the requirements for biographies. Let me know if you have any further questions, okay? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:03, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Sepostewilliamson (22:34, 2 April 2024)

Hello! My grandfather was killed in a railway accident on January 19, 1929 at Bayside, Belleville, Ontario Canada. I have not been able to find any mention of the accident on Wikipedia. There were a few articles in the newspapers at the time, but some of the information in them is not correct. Examples of this being that his name was Ross, not Roy as reported. Also, he had a four year old son and not a five year old daughter. He was the engineer of the train that went over a bridge that had been washed out. He died at the scene from exposure and the engine landing on top of him. There was also another man who died the next day. Would it be possible to. add this accident to your items on Railway accidents. I do not feel comfortable editing, so I would appreciate it if this accident could be added. It was a CNR accident. --Sepostewilliamson (talk) 22:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Sepostewilliamson. Sorry to hear about your grandfather, even if it was a very long time ago. It's strongly discouraged to create/edit articles about people you know but I do see that that's not what you're looking to do. The best place for said content would probably be at List of rail accidents in Canada? It's a bit difficult to know without further information (if the accident was relatively minor it might not merit inclusion in the list). That said, a huge tenant of Wikipedia is verifiability. I can't use your statement as a citation for facts... I'd have to go with what the sources say, even if they provide inaccurate details. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 08:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I'll also notify an editor who knows much more about railways than I do. Trainsandotherthings, do you think you'd have better luck finding sources? Is this something you'd be interested in? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 09:40, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello!

I have two sources from newspapers of the time.

The first one I received from the archivist at the Belleville, Ontario library.

The article was on the front page of the January 19, 1929 edition.

The second one I found by Googling "George Poste 1929 railway accident, Bayside, Belleville Ontario".

It was published in the Globe and the title of the article was CNR in Ontario.

I do not think that the accident was relatively minor as two men lost their lives.

I wonder why you would prefer to use information that is not accurate when you post your articles as opposed to a blood relative who grew up with the knowledge that her Grandfather was killed in the accident.

I stopped using Ancestry for my family tree as much of the information that I could find on that site was inaccurate. According to what I found there, my Grandfather did not have any children, and my Grandmother had only one sister (She actually had two sisters and several brothers). My favourite was when I read that an ancestor of mine got married three years after he died.

I strongly feel that it is important for future generations to be able to find accurate information about their families and ancestors.

I always thought that Wikipedia had accurate information on the subjects that it posts, but now I will be taking anything that I read on Wikipedia with a grain of salt.

Having said that, I feel that it is important to have a record of the accident, but perhaps if you do decide to add it, could you please at least call him "Ross" which was the name he went by and clarify that he had a son and not a daughter.

I do not mean any disrespect with what I have written.

I am just a Granddaughter trying to preserve her Grandfather's memory.

Sincerely,

Sepostewilliamson 99.192.67.60 (talk) 18:26, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

@Sepostewilliamson: The reason I can't use your statements if they contradict reliable sources is explained at that link (anything that's blue is clickable and leads to a page you can read) I provided earlier, which says All material in Wikipedia articles must be attributable to a reliable published source. This means a reliable published source must exist for it, whether or not it is cited in the article. I believe you when you say you have more accurate information, but I'm just explaining how things work on this website. This prevents anyone from saying "oh Taylor Swift is my great-aunt and she went to this school as a kid". It also allows people to double check that what someone is saying is actually what the source says. Reliable sources sometimes print corrections when they make a mistake. It might be a bit hard to do that in this situation given how much time has passed.

All that said, information at List of rail accidents in Canada provides brief information about the accidents that are listed there (and not information about surviving family). The best way to avoid any missteps and accidently misinforming readers would likely be to match that (so the issue of sources reporting those details erroneously won't need to be there). I will try to find access to the first newspaper article you are referring to. There's a good chance it's at part of the digital archives I can access through the Wikipedia Library. I'll try to look for it in the morning when I'm less busy.

I realize that you want to keep your grandfather's memory alive, but Wikipedia isn't really the best place to do this. I'll definitely do what I can to provide content about the accident itself (read the other entries on that page and imagine something that is similar) because it sounds like it really should be somewhere, but your efforts on a family history scale might be better recieved if you organize events about it at your local library or start your own website. I can try to give more ideas if you wish. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 02:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Sepostewilliamson: The accident is now mentioned at List of rail accidents in Canada. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for adding the accident! However, the accident happened on n January 19, 1929 and not the 20th. Perhaps you got the date of the 20th from the day that the article was published in The Globe.

I have been working on this for many years now, so am extremely pleased to find that this is now online!!!

Thanks again,

Sepostewilliamson 99.192.67.60 (talk) 18:13, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Sepostewilliamson: I thought the date the article was published was the 21st [2] (look at the very top left). I used the 20th as the date because it's what it says right next to "fatal belleville wreck". However, it also says the accident occured on a Saturday and the calender says that would be January 19, 1929. So I've changed the date to reflect this. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 01:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting the date.

I noticed that you also updated the injury column to include the man who was able to jump clear of the wreck and received minor injuries. Thank you for that as well.

Sepostewilliamson 99.192.67.60 (talk) 17:10, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I'm a Wikipedia:Talk page stalker of my friend the new Administrator. I too wished to write a Wikipedia biography of a grandfather. His daughter, my mother, even asked me to do it. This was after I had a couple years experience as a WP editor and knew the requirements. A few quick online searches turned up scanty coverage in published sources. Those mentions were far from adequate for a new article and didn't even qualify him for a line in any existing article. He was a good man, a excellent father and a wonderful grandfather to me. However, being a lovely person did not bring him over our WP:Notability bar. A dutiful son hates to disappoint his mother but deserving, alas, has nothing to do with it. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:20, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't mind my friendly talk page stalkers. I think it's sweet of you to pitch in with your own personal experience but I haven't really got the impression that what they want is for me to create an article about their grandfather? I took their last comment to mean that they're just glad there's somewhere on Wikipedia documenting the accident that took his life, even if I didn't go into extensive personal detail about it. I was honestly a bit worried that they might take issue with my brevity but I'm glad everything's worked out. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:58, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Dear Jim,

Thank you for the information about your Grandfather.

I never got to meet mine.

He was not supposed to be working the day of the accident, he had switched shits with another engineer.

Before he left home that morning, he told my Grandmother that he would take her and my Dad to see a movie that evening.

I find it ironic that the train was transporting newspaper and I believe that it is because of the errors in newspapers that I have had so much difficulty in getting information about the accident.

When and where did your Grandfather's accident happen? (If you feel comfortable telling me about it).

Sepostewilliamson 99.192.67.60 (talk) 17:23, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

My Grandpa was much luckier. He had the good fortune to live a long life doing good things for many people, not just his family. Farming a hundred years ago was as dangerous as railway work but he only lost some fingertips in a sawmill accident in the mid 1930s. In the 1950s most people in that part of Wisconsin left; he went with Grandma and two of their daughters to California to retire while my father brought us to New York. I think there are genealogy websites that accept pretty much anything about an ancestor, and some families operate a family Website. I am satisfying myself with passing my memories of their great-grandfather to the younger generation as oral tradition. Jim.henderson (talk) 01:29, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Question about the Signpost

Hello! I was told to contact you by JPxG regarding the On the Bright Side piece for the Signpost. Did you ever contribute to this piece or was it only Pine? I am wondering because I might take over the “WMYHTM” piece or make something else for “On the Bright Side”. Thecowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 13:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

@Thecowboygilbert: Pine started it, but we did some issues of it together before we both took extended wikibreaks. If you're curious about the issues we did together, they're listed on my user page. I'm not sure if Pine will ever be back on Wikipedia, so that's probably why JPxG asked you to ask me. I don't think you're the first person to try and revamp this feature, I'm fairly certain I've seen Signpost articles since 2020 that have had an "On The Bright Side". If you give me a few days, I can look into that and see if there's precedent. I can also decide what exactly I think about everything. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

@Clovermoss, Alright. I was thinking of bringing back the topic but bouncing around different ideas. “What makes you happy this month?” seems like a great idea but I have no idea how I would get it started. I’ll give you some time to think and if you come up with something, you can mention it here or on my talk page. Thank you, Thecowboygilbert - (talk) ♥ 06:24, 7 April 2024 (UTC) 😁

@Thecowboygilbert: So I've thought about it, and I'm alright with you continuing On The Bright Side if that is what you wish to do. My vague recollection in that there is some precedent was correct (Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-03-27/On the bright side) so it seems like the idea has some staying power since Pine and I quit doing it in 2020. I appreciate that you went out of your way to ask, though. I think that it's always a bit hard when it comes to concepts... In my opinion, it's hard to really "own" something. Death of the author and all that, and I'm not even the original author! My approach to it was that it was a more lighthearted approach to the Signpost. Comparable to human interest stories in regular newspapers. Generally, my standards for inclusion were nice things happening across the movement and nice things generally. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:42, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	I am reaching out after watching an interview of you during a conference in Toronto in 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bUU5Jgn3JE I found out about Wikipedia when I was in my early twenties and now approaching my fifties. Welcome aboard and I am super happy to see a younger generation taking over! Hashar (talk) 17:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

@Hashar: I was wondering what happened to that. I genuinely have not seen it yet. I was a bit tired at the time, so I hope I didn't stumble too much that it wasn't hard to sit through! I'm going to give it a watch now, so thanks for letting me know about it. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:00, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter

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Question from NZ9616 (17:32, 13 April 2024)

I am unable to delete article edited thrice --NZ9616 (talk) 17:32, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@NZ9616: It's a bit unclear what you're asking here, but only admins can delete pages. See Wikipedia:User rights for what different permissions do. Or rephrase if you were trying to ask something else. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I want to delete my article at this time I don't want to publish or edit right know on Wikipedia --NZ9616 (talk) 17:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Are you referring to your user page (User:NZ9616)? It appears to be the closest thing resembling an article in your contributions. I can delete it if that is what you wish. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 18:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Re: Tryptofish

Hey, I've been meaning to weigh in on the Tryptofish discussion but I didn't think it was entirely appropriate to comment there for several reasons. While I don't truly understand the nature and history of the dispute, I do personally understand what it's like to be falsely accused of something (you only have to go over to Wikinews to see what happened to me over there). I hope you can find a way to let it go, even though, like you, I feel the need to clear my name, but it's just not worth it. The only criticism you should ever let get to you is from close friends and family. People will make stuff up about you, regardless of what you do. Although it's been criticized as mundane or trite by those in the know, Yuval Noah Harari often talks about how much of our lives are filled by stories, not only those we tell ourselves, but in this example, stories, perhaps fictional, that others tell about us. It's just the way things are. In times like these, I often find comfort in the story "The old man lost his horse". Whatever happens, I want you to know that Wikipedia is very lucky to have you. Viriditas (talk) 20:39, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas: If you're curious, the background is me reaching out to them because of what they said at my RfA. They !voted neutral because of "vibes", hence my talk page heading. They haven't otherwise made a habit of saying I resemble a banned sockmaster, though. I genuinely did think that seeing photo/video of me would've been enough. It is disheartening that my attempt to assuage their concerns didn't do anything... but I doubt there's anything I can actually do to ever convince them entirely. It's an unfortunate reality even if it is one that is hard to move past. All I can say is that I wasn't an evil mastermind at 16 when I created my account. Cheers, Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:47, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I truly believe you. In the heat of several on-wiki conflicts, Tryptofish has said several things about me in the past that weren't true, but we are now friends. It's very possible that I even said things about him that weren't true as well, but that was a long time ago, and I don't recall. The point is, we've both moved past it in our own way. You have to find your way. I wish you luck, and if you ever need to call upon me for any reason, you know where my talk page is. Viriditas (talk) 20:51, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

New page patrol May 2024 Backlog drive

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User:Jimbo Wales

From User:Jimbo Wales: "You can edit this page! Really, you can! If you would like to, please feel free to do so." Fram (talk) 15:39, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

@Fram: Feel free to revert me if you like on that basis, then. The edit history for that page is interesting in that edits like this usually do appear to be reverted [3] but maybe that also falls under having permission? Something to think about, I guess. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:45, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't edit their user page or talk page for unrelated reasons. Just next time, feel free to revert things, but state "thanks for experimenting!" or some such instead of unnecessary biteing the editor. Fram (talk) 15:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Your feedback is noted. I'll definitely avoid the "permission" angle given that it's directly contradictory. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:52, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

@AirshipJungleman29: I would like to say that I do not have a habit of reverting people on that user page specifically and that it's typically non-admins who make such reversions. [4]I just felt the need to clarify in regards to the "immediate" and "admin" aspects. I made the mistake of assuming Jimbo's user page should be treated like any other editor's where such changes would be unwelcome. Anyways, if Jimbo has a problem with it, he can revert or change his userpage to state something else. I'll refrain from doing anything else personally other than leaving talk page comments of my own from now on unless I see obvious vandalism (which this does not count as). Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:49, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Growth News, April 2024

The Growth team will now send quarterly reports to keep you in the loop. Growth team weekly updates are available on wiki (in English) if you want to know more about our day-to-day work.

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Community Configuration

Growth features are currently configurable at Special:EditGrowthConfig. This quarter we are working on making Community Configuration accessible for other MediaWiki developers while also moving Growth feature configuration to the new CommunityConfiguration extension.

An early version of Community Configuration can be tested at Spanish Beta Wikipedia. We plan to release the new Community Configuration extension to pilot wikis (Arabic and Spanish Wikipedia) in early May, 2024. The first non-Growth team feature to utilize Community Configuration will be Automoderator.

In parallel with the development, the Growth team will propose Community Configuration usage guidelines, Community Configuration design guidelines, and provide technical documentation.

Experiment Results

Add a Image experiment analysis results

The Growth team conducted an experiment to assess the impact of the “Add an Image” structured task on the Newcomer Homepage's "Suggested Edits" module. This analysis finds that the Add an Image structured task leads to an increase in newcomer participation on the mobile web platform, particularly by making constructive (non-reverted) article edits:

• The likelihood that mobile web newcomers make their first article edit (+17.0% over baseline)
• The likelihood that they are retained as newcomers (+24.3% over baseline)
• The number of edits they make during their first two weeks on the wiki (+21.8% over baseline)
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Question from Zathasht on Help:Getting started (07:19, 24 April 2024)

plz help me i am parsis and my family is moslim i am in troble plz help me --Zathasht (talk) 07:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Zathasht, I'm not really qualified to provide any sort of advice apart from editing Wikipedia. I'd suggest trying to find resources local to you that are relevant to your situation. And if it's some sort of urgent emergency, dialing your local emergency services. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:51, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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Abuse of autoblocking

If a user who is blocked takes advantage of autoblocking being enabled for their block to stop other, innocent users from editing by attempting to edit from random IP addresses, what will the administration do about it? Will they send a request to a steward on Meta to lock the account to prevent further collateral damage because the account can no longer be logged into? Faster than Thunder (talk | contributions) 17:54, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Faster than Thunder, I don't really know how to answer your question. I'm quite new as an admin and have only made a handful of blocks myself. Do you have a concern in regards to one of my blocks specifically or is this question more of a general inquiry? If it's the latter, a more experienced admin might understand the intricacies of this situation better. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:56, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

A lock wouldn't be necessary; the block can simply be modified to disable autoblocks. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 17:35, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Destinies of the Soul

On 27 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Destinies of the Soul, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Destinies of the Soul was the only book that contained human skin in the collection of Harvard University? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Destinies of the Soul. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Destinies of the Soul), 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.

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Question from Piruty Pipaty (04:30, 28 April 2024)

Hi!I am Piruty Pipaty. I am sorry to ask the question in this time. How can I make links for the user pages?

By Piruty Pipaty --Piruty Pipaty (talk) 04:30, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Piruty Pipaty. Type them like this: User:Clovermoss. If you're trying to trying to make a piped link, read this. Anyways, while it's nice to make a nice userpage, our main focus should be on writing an encyclopedia. I can try to help you find articles to edit that fit your interests if you want? Looking at your userpage, maybe you'd be interested in joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Nepal or Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Procidic (13:13, 28 April 2024)

Hello, am I allowed to write a joke article on Wikipedia? --Procidic (talk) 13:13, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

@Procidic: Not really. These are typically speedily deleted as hoaxes. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I tried to write one but it was deleted. But the article Wikipedia:Unusual articles was probably a joke. Procidic (talk) 13:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

@Procidic: There's a bit more leniency to what's allowed in Wikipedia/user space compared to what's allowed in mainspace. Mainspace is for articles and so intentionally misleading people or using it for non-article purposes is always going to be against the rules. Wikipedia:Unusual articles isn't really a joke article, it's just a collection of links to articles that people have found unusual. Does that help clear things up at all? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

yes, but how do I choose which space I submit it to? Procidic (talk) 13:31, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

I'd focus on writing/expanding real articles for now as that's what we're here to do. I could try to give some suggestions that fit your interests? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:33, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 May newsletter

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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Selecting administrators

Regarding this comment: I'm not sure I understand your idea. Can you explain how it differs from Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I § Proposal 8: Straight vote, or Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I § Proposal 12: Abolish the discretionary zone and crat chats? These two proposals are in essence the same, just with a different location for discussion. Or from the admin elections trial, which has discussion on wiki, and then anonymous voting? isaacl (talk) 21:43, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

I see my idea as slightly different because it's more than a straight vote and I'm not calling for the abolishment of crat chats. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:25, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Do you have a concept in mind for how your procedure would work, procedurally? You mentioned having an anonymous vote, having discussion, and not deciding the outcome by counting votes. I feel there's something missing on how to combine these things together and am wondering what you are considering. isaacl (talk) 01:15, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I do have an idea for what this would look like. Someone would open up an RfA and be able to see questions/answers and a general comments section, with a link to where they can vote. This vote is anonymous and "secure poll-y". That way people can vote with their conscience. I think many would be opposers would leave it at that, but if they think they have concerns that are of wider community interest, they can post in the general comments. People who'd like to show why they think the candidate is great are free to share their thoughts as well. People would be free to respond to other people's comments (kind of like how I directly responded to neutrals and opposes in my RfA). In regards to crat chats, it'd be a straight vote until it isn't, which is how things already work in practice anyways. The crats would look at the discussion portion when trying to figure out if there's a consensus to promote or not. I genuinely think this would be the best of both worlds. I also think this concept is quite different from what was linked above in regards to current RfA reform and that my idea is relatively novel. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

So up until deciding the outcome, it sounds like the admin elections trial. I'm not clear, though, on how the bureaucrats would decide to override the results of the anonymous vote. With the current process, because the bureaucrats can match up expressed rationales with specific support/oppose statements, they can evaluate the strength of support or opposition of a given commenter and use this to judge the level of overall agreement. For this to continue to occur with your proposal, I think there would have to be a dual vote: one on-wiki, and one anonymous. And even then I think it would be hard to determine which vote should take precedence. isaacl (talk) 22:22, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

I really don't think there would need to be a dual vote for this to work at all. I don't think bureaucrats need to match up expressed rationales with the votes, either. They only get involved when an RfA is in the discretionary zone and I think whatever would be in the comments section would be enough to figure out if there's a consensus to promote or not because either there's a lot of pushback to the rationales for why people are concerned or there isn't. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:44, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

This idea is also different from admin elections because voting would be able to happen from the start and there wouldn't be a discussion only phase. Apart from that, I suppose it'd be the closest to what I've proposed here. I see that has been closed as successful so I'll suppose it'll be interesting to see how that goes. Obviously I didn't propose anything for this year's RfA reform but if we do something like this a few years from now again, I think it's possible I'll try my luck. I really do like my idea and it has the benefit of not having to separated from our standard RfA process/needing other people to run in an election with you. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:49, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

If I understand correctly, in essence you're saying that the on-wiki comments would take precedence over the anonymous vote. I think that would provide incentive for commenters to continue with extended discussion on-wiki, much like its current form. For better or worse, numbers of commenters expressing a given opinion are used on English Wikipedia as a proxy for strength of argument. If the on-wiki discussion is going to be as long and confrontational as it is now, I'm not sure it's worthwhile preserving just to have a grey zone in the vote count. isaacl (talk) 23:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

As I said, I think most opposers would just leave their oppose as is and if they post in the comments, they should expect their rationale to be analyzed and rebutted. RfAs are rarely in the discretionary zone and when they are this discussion phase makes it relatively easy for people to tell if it's a widespread concern or not. People who are against straight votes usually point out that they see RFA's as a consensus building process and people who want straight votes don't want to be "badgered". That's why I think this is a good alternative to the current process where it's likely to make both sides happy. It's possible this proposal could have a variation where we get rid of the discretionary zone, I guess, but I don't see that side of it gaining much traction. I'm also not sure what you mean by grey zone in the vote count? As I said at WT:RFA, there would be a running tally of what the votes are, these votes would just be anonymous. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 23:13, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

If I understand your proposal correctly, the on-wiki comments are only used when the result of the vote is in a discretionary zone (which I called a grey zone to save characters). If there were no discretionary zone, then on-wiki comments wouldn't be used to directly determine the outcome at all. They would still have an indirect effect of influencing voters, but there's a reduced incentive to have extended back-and-forth replies, because disputants don't have to demonstrate the strength of their arguments through numbers.

Regarding having a running tally of votes, note this isn't supported by SecurePoll. It runs counter to the principles of anonymous elections, as it leaks information that can influence voters. (Maybe the community would agree to wanting this influence to happen, of course.) isaacl (talk) 23:29, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Regarding having groups of candidates being voted upon on a single ballot, that's a concession to the workload required to administer SecurePoll. If SecurePoll is enhanced to allow it to be run on local Wikipedia servers, and administered by local admins, then it becomes more feasible to run polls more often. The other bottleneck is scrutineering. Assuming that is kept, how often polls can be run will depend on the capacity of scrutineers. isaacl (talk) 23:04, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure that scrutineering needs to be this long drawn out process because it's not like the ArbCom elections where we're double checking that people aren't like socking or something. If we must have scrutineers, maybe they could be the bureaucrats? I envisioned something like SecurePoll because that's like the only thing we have built in for polling but I think something that's technically not that could work. We don't really have any alternatives right now but I don't think implementation issues should stop us from brainstorming and trying to make things better. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 23:17, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Sure, I just didn't want to get bogged down in differences such as if an election had one candidate or ten, because that's a technical limitation.

Regarding scrutineering: the key question is does the community want to check for votes that contravene established rules? Part of the trust voters place in anonymous elections is that they are administered fairly, and enforcing rules is part of that. No matter who the scrutineers are (bureaucrats, stewards, other volunteers), the amount of available effort is a bottleneck. isaacl (talk) 23:36, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Craigfiles123 (18:10, 30 April 2024)

I meant edit "their dander up over. --Craigfiles123 (talk) 18:10, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Craigfiles123, it's unclear what you're trying to ask me. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:41, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Can you tell if my draft was approved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Craigfiles123 (talk • contribs) 11:53, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Craigfiles123. If you're talking about Draft:US Savings Bonds: Do we have a leaky US Treasury?, you haven't submitted the draft for approval/rejection. I will say that if it was it would almost certainly be rejected though. Essays are not encyclopedia articles. If that's the sort of content you're interested in writing, I'd suggest looking at other websites like Medium. If you're interested in what the process for creating successful drafts looks like, I'd suggest reading this page in its entirety. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:44, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Maqsood Ahmed bhurgri on Wikipedia:About (14:34, 2 May 2024)

how to publish and how to get link to share this page --Maqsood Ahmed bhurgri (talk) 14:34, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Maqsood Ahmed bhurgri, it's a bit unclear what you're trying to ask me. Could you provide more information on what you're trying to do and maybe I can help? Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:51, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Nihonjoe

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2023-01-01/Essay

I just saw your essay for the first time. Here's a very belated, great job! Viriditas (talk) 21:01, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas: I'm glad you liked it. If you're curious, I keep an updated version over at User:Clovermoss/Mobile editing. The archived talk page discussion is one hell of a read if you ever want to waste a few hours. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Great discussion. I see you bring up knitting, which reminds me that most of our textile arts articles are in poor shape. In any case, I'm currently working on some content about the influence of the pineapple design on textile arts from around 1700-1870 or thereabouts. Have you run into any pineapple design material during your foray into knitting culture? Ideally, I would want to cite a recognized authority on the subject, so if you know of any papers or books that discuss the early history of the pineapple design and how much it influenced the textile arts in Europe and the US, let me know. Viriditas (talk) 21:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

The library that might be helpful

@Viriditas: I'm not a fashion historian or anything so unfortunately I am also not an expert on the history of knitting either. I learned how to knit when I was 10 after doing private bible lessons with another sister in my congregation. It actually ended up being quite helpful in regards to healthy coping mechanisms I needed as a child battling PTSD. I agree that our textile arts articles are in poor shape. There's always so much to do here – it's why I also happen to have a to do list which doesn't even adequately cover everything I want to do. There's also some stuff in my sandbox that I'm experimenting with in regards to improving content. I feel a bit out of my depth sometimes in regards to actually being a "good content person", I'm not sure if you can relate? I do stuff sometimes but I tend to feel that my best efforts end up being mediocre at best. Realistically, I can only do my best and hope to improve over time. To get back to textile arts though... I'm likely closer to Toronto than you are? I could try to see if the Textile Museum of Canada has anything in their library about pineapple design the next time I'm in the city. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:11, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

I appreciate your offer to help. From my reading so far, it turns out that the pineapple design is considered the most influential, popular, and widely used motif in modern textile arts in Britain and the US up until the late 19th century. It may not have reached such extreme levels in Canada. Although I'm still pursuing it, there's some evidence that it was widely used in the Southern and Northeastern United States, particularly South Carolina and Massachusetts, although those are only two examples. Ideally, I want to have a separate article discussing the use of the pineapple design in the textile arts, but I'm kind of spread thin at this point. Just keep your eyes open if you run into anything. Thanks again. Viriditas (talk) 22:21, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas: The museum has two books that may be along the lines of what you're looking for. Apparently the main focus of both books is on pineapple fibers from the Philippines, colonialism, and that this had something to do with the popularity of the design motif you're looking for further information on? It seems like information about the design motif would be a bit sparse compared to the other stuff but I could definitely investigate further if it sounds close enough to what you're looking for. It'd have to be a few weeks from now because I'm super sick at the moment and I'll be busy with work when I'm well, but let me know if it's something you'd be interested in. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 19:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

That's a separate topic altogether, and I apologize for the confusion. I should have been a bit more clear. The confusion arises naturally due to the way search sites index their information. Most of the material is offline in books and papers. I think a better way forward is to share with you what I've already found. I will do that in the next few days. I'm sorry you are sick. Please take care, make some tea, and enjoy your favorite shows. Get well soon. Viriditas (talk) 19:46, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas: Just to make sure you're certain this isn't useful... I believe there actually is some of what you're looking for in these books. It's mostly about the fibers, with limited information about the design motif. The fibers seem to have some sort of connection with the ulitlization of the motif (which was then used outside the context of the fibers) if I was understanding what she said correctly. Making an appointment to see the materials in person might help with more definitive answers. I don't mind going on the off chance it is useful, you'd just have to be a bit patient.

Thanks for the well wishes! I've mostly been distracting myself from the misery by editing, but I've also read a bit and watched a movie. Now it's time for me to try and get some much needed rest. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:13, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Protection req

Hi there. I just stumbled upon you while looking for an admin. Can you semi-protect the article Albert Wesker indefinitely, after it expired it returns again. Thank you. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 10:16, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Greenish Pickle!. I'm flattered you thought of me, but after looking at the page history, I'm not comfortable protecting the page quite yet. I'm very new as an admin and have only protected three pages so far (all of which were salted pages). I'd be more willing to consider this if I saw a flurry of vandalism after the page protection expired. Anyways, feel free to request a second opinion over at WP:RFPP. I keep meaning to watch and learn from that page more but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Also feel free to let me know if unconstructive edits keep happening in the meantime as I'm going to be online for a bit longer. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:26, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Cool, I didn't know you are a new admin here. Anyway, another IP pops out and removes content while others were adding unsourced stuff. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 10:48, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@Greenish Pickle!: Hmm. I'm slightly more inclined now that it's happened more than once and it seems like they were waiting just for the protection to expire. I'm still a bit hesistant to dip my toes in but if I were to protect the page, I don't think I'd go with your original suggestion of doing it indefinitely. Chetsford's protection is the only one shown in the log after 2009 and going from one month to indefinite is quite a leap. A similar timeframe or one that's slightly escalated (say a few months) sounds more reasonable to me. Apologies if this is not quite what you're looking for but I did think it might help to at least explain my thought process here. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 10:58, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

My guts tell me from the reddit post [5]. But, yeah you can protect it for months or a couple of weeks. Thank you! 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 11:00, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

This article protection could be also your learning ground. Some admin also protected Wario for 2 years. So, 1 month isn't an overkill :D 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 11:06, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@Greenish Pickle!: Well admins can make different judgement calls and it seems best to err on the side of caution when I'm trying new things. It never hurts to be open to feedback and to understand why other people do the things that they do. Also I misread the log earlier... I should've pinged DanCherek instead of Chetsford. I'd like to apologize to the latter editor for the unnecessary ping, if they end up reading this thread. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:10, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry If I just ended up approaching admins talk page because IP edits are quite often annoying. But, next time I'll try to request at WP:RFPP. Again, thank you and the previous editor who protected it. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 11:13, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@Greenish Pickle!: As far as I'm aware, there's nothing wrong with approaching an active admin as an alternative to a RFPP request, as long as you're not going around to several admins after being told no (see WP:FORUMSHOP, which does not apply to this situation). In theory, an RFPP request has the potential benefit of more eyes, as it is a highly watched page. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 11:16, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

I wavered a little even when deciding whether to apply the original protection. I agree that indefinite is not needed yet at this point. DanCherek (talk) 12:54, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Costoia

Hi!

I write you about your edition in Costoia. The article was about a hamlet (gl:Costoia, Vilanova, Lalín); but if not an article, instead of a redirection it should be a desambiguation page, for there are some other places with that name, as you can see in gl:Costoia. Could you do it, please?

Thanks a lot! --Estevoaei (talk) 22:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Estevoaei. I redirected the page because the English Wikipedia has specific requirements in regards to the notability of places. The Costoia hamlet seems like it would fall under Populated places without legal recognition as described in WP:GEOLAND, which are not presumed to be notable. If you can find coverage in reliable sources that meets WP:GNG, it would make sense to have this as a standalone article (but this article has been tagged for being completely unsourced since 2009 and the Spanish Wikipedia version also doesn't contain sources). Other wikipedias have different standards for notability, but sources don't need to be English, which is why I'm pointing this out. A disambiguation page could potentially be a valid alternative to a redirect if this is an "ambigious term" that refers to multiple places. I don't speak Spanish so it wouldn't be easy for me to translate the page you linked to. You could try to do it yourself if you wish. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:27, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

As requested, — ♠ Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 15:19, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ixtal: I wasn't really counting troutings as being templated... I was thinking more along the lines of the common user warnings. There is some precedent for being trouted here, when I accidently wrote the wrong shortcut. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:27, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

I see. TBH, I don't think I could really find behaviour to template you for. — ♠ Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Non nobis solum. ♠ 15:38, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Aww, so sweet. 💜 Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 15:39, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Question

Hello, Clovermoss,
First of all, thank you for granting me the NPP permission. I am glad to be able to help out with the May backlog drive.
I have a question though. Do AFC reviews count for points? Asking as in the New Pages page, there is an AFC list I can switch to. Thanks! If you reply here, please ping me. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 16:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@TheTechie: AfC is a seperate process entirely even if it's also visible in the new pages queue. Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2024 explains what is counted as part of the drive. Remember to focus on quality over quantity, especially since you're new to this. There's an extensive guide over at WP:NPP and you can always skip pages you're unsure of/or ask me what I think. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:25, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

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