User talk:Rhododendrites/2020a
 | This is an archive of past discussions with User:Rhododendrites, for the period January 2020 - March 2020. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Brings back memories
Hello R. I've been watching the progress of this thread Wikipedia:Teahouse#Fake articles? and it brought back memories Warren Chaney :-) I hope you have an enjoyable weekend. MarnetteD|Talk 09:41, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- @MarnetteD: I forget who we were telling, but ReaderofthePack and I were trying to explain the Chaneyverse to some people at some point at Wikicon. The person who had written that Gawker article that mentioned it emailed the two of us maybe 6 months ago (maybe more), too, kind of out of the blue, concerning a potential new piece. Don't think it really went anywhere though? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 17:18, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Yowza R. Someone is trying to resurrect this!?!? I woulda though that the flame out of the crowd funding should be the final nail in the proverbial coffin but I guess that makes C a hoax that would not die :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 19:33, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- @MarnetteD: crowd funding? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:36, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Oops I meant User talk:Rhododendrites/Chaney#Kickstarter..... :-/ MarnetteD|Talk 19:39, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. Right. Yeah I don't know who that person was. There was also a person who contacted me on Twitter who likewise said he was working on a documentary. The journalist formerly of Gawker is Ashley Feinberg, who probably doesn't need to crowdfund it. I admit it was kind of more interesting when I could more easily look at the articles/images. Maybe I'll do an RfA just to be able to see them whenever I want. That would be considered a valid request for the tools, right? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:55, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- As valid as any :-) Seriously though you are an asset to the project already but the mop and pail would increase that. Regards. MarnetteD|Talk 20:22, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. Wasn't even a little bit serious :) -- while I think about it every once in a while, I keep coming back to the same reasons not to: a lousy RfA process, lack of time, and, mostly, not wanting the extra attention being an admin seems to attract (I've not been so great at securing my anonymity and I edit in lots of controversial areas). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 20:28, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- I definitely understand those reasons! MarnetteD|Talk 20:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. Wasn't even a little bit serious :) -- while I think about it every once in a while, I keep coming back to the same reasons not to: a lousy RfA process, lack of time, and, mostly, not wanting the extra attention being an admin seems to attract (I've not been so great at securing my anonymity and I edit in lots of controversial areas). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 20:28, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- As valid as any :-) Seriously though you are an asset to the project already but the mop and pail would increase that. Regards. MarnetteD|Talk 20:22, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Ah. Right. Yeah I don't know who that person was. There was also a person who contacted me on Twitter who likewise said he was working on a documentary. The journalist formerly of Gawker is Ashley Feinberg, who probably doesn't need to crowdfund it. I admit it was kind of more interesting when I could more easily look at the articles/images. Maybe I'll do an RfA just to be able to see them whenever I want. That would be considered a valid request for the tools, right? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:55, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Oops I meant User talk:Rhododendrites/Chaney#Kickstarter..... :-/ MarnetteD|Talk 19:39, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- @MarnetteD: crowd funding? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 19:36, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- Yowza R. Someone is trying to resurrect this!?!? I woulda though that the flame out of the crowd funding should be the final nail in the proverbial coffin but I guess that makes C a hoax that would not die :-) Cheers. MarnetteD|Talk 19:33, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
- The Chaneyverse definitely is a twisted and crazy place. I had someone email me concerning some mentions in (I believe) Stars and Stripes, saying that there was mention of Chaney and Magic Mansion. While there is mention of both him and Magic Mansion, there's no actual information about the show - meaning that while there may have been a show by that name, there's no information about whether or not the show was what the article claimed that it was or if it was just a public access type of deal, where the show was put together with the equivalent of pocket change. I'd honestly love for there to be some sort of professional investigation into this, as this just reinforces the statement that there's a grain of truth to everything but it's all thoroughly coated in half-truths and lies that it's hard to find that grain of truth. I'm also not really sure if Chaney is a hoaxer or if he's more someone like Andy Kaufman and at the end he's going to pop out of nowhere and reveal the punchline/truth. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 22:37, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Welcome to the 2020 WikiCup!
Happy New Year, Happy New Decade and Happy New WikiCup! The competition begins today and all article creators, expanders and improvers are welcome to take part. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. We are relaxing the rule that only content on which you have completed significant work during 2020 will count; now to be eligible for points in the competition, you must have completed significant work on the content at some time! Any questions on the rules or on anything else connected to the Cup should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. Good luck! The judges for the WikiCup are Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email), Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I promoted your hook to Prep 6 with that awesome image, but now I'm wondering why it's called Mandarin Patinkin? Do you have a source for the name, or any of the other names mentioned in the lead? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:32, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Several of the sources use that name. Gothamist gave it that name, so they use it most prominently (see e.g. the tag by that name), but also others, like the LA Times. "Hot Duck" was first used by The Cut and mentioned elsewhere, but not quite as much as Mandarin Patinkin. Many sources just refer to a mandarin duck in Central Park. I went back and forth on Mandarin Patinkin vs. "Central Park mandarin duck" and without a clear favorite in the sources I went for the one with more character. :) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:38, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- Sounds good. But just like we cite the common name in nature articles, I think it would be appropriate to add cites for each of the names where they appear in the lead. Yoninah (talk) 22:41, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Hmm. Doesn't seem like something that needs to be in the lead, but also not something worth arguing over. :)
Done — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:52, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you! Yoninah (talk) 22:54, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Hmm. Doesn't seem like something that needs to be in the lead, but also not something worth arguing over. :)
- Sounds good. But just like we cite the common name in nature articles, I think it would be appropriate to add cites for each of the names where they appear in the lead. Yoninah (talk) 22:41, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Quick note
🎵 Oh, and you might want to move your iVote up to the iVoting section over at this AfD. The section it's in now is for discussion about ethics and whatever else. 😎 Atsme Talk 📧 22:44, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
- @Atsme: Thanks. I mentioned that in the !vote, but it may not have been clear. IMO any section that's supposed to be apart from the AfD !voting should be on the talk page, so because the person who started the subsection undid an attempt [by someone else] to move it, I'm indeed making a teensy bit of a point by keeping it there. :) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 22:57, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
DYK for Mandarin Patinkin
On 10 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mandarin Patinkin, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a mandarin duck (pictured) that appeared in New York City's Central Park became an international celebrity, with followers whom the Associated Press called "quackarazzi"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mandarin Patinkin. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mandarin Patinkin), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. 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.
--valereee (talk) 00:01, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: December 2019
| ||||||
Jan 22: WikiWednesday Salon NYC
| January 22, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
|---|---|
 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 20:08, 17 January 2020 (UTC) | |
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
Saturday Jan 25: Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art
| Jan 25, 12:30pm: Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
|---|---|
 You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the Met 'Understanding America' Edit-a-thon @ Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Together, we'll expand Wikipedia articles on American history and art, and the understanding that all communities bring to American culture, as reflected in the Met collection up until ca. 1900. With refreshments, and there will be a wiki-cake! Open to everyone at all levels of experience, wiki instructional workshop and one-on-one support will be provided.
Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends, colleagues and students! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:02, 21 January 2020 (UTC) | |
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
The Signpost: 27 January 2020
- From the editor: Reaching six million articles is great, but we need a moratorium
- News and notes: Six million articles on the English language Wikipedia
- Special report: The limits of volunteerism and the gatekeepers of Team Encarta
- Arbitration report: Three cases at ArbCom
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2019
- News from the WMF: Capacity Building: Top 5 Themes from Community Conversations
- Community view: Our most important new article since November 1, 2015
- From the archives: A decade of The Signpost, 2005-2015
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Japan: a wikiProject Report
Deletion of Graphical password done
Deletion of Graphical password done. -- Fuzheado | Talk 01:27, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 37
The Wikipedia Library
Books & Bytes
Issue 37, November – December 2019
- #1Lib1Ref
- Wikimedia and Libraries User Group
On behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: January 2020
| ||||||
Nomination for deletion of Template:ArtAndFeminism2014 article
Template:ArtAndFeminism2014 article has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:29, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
Feb 19: WikiWednesday Salon NYC
| February 19, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
|---|---|
|
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop at Metropolitan New York Library Council in Midtown Manhattan. Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 21:01, 14 February 2020 (UTC) | |
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
WikiCup 2020 March newsletter
And so ends the first round of the competition. Everyone with a positive score moves on to Round 2, with 57 contestants qualifying. We have abolished the groups this year, so to qualify for Round 3 you will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two contestants.
Our top scorers in Round 1 were:
Epicgenius, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with a featured article, five good articles and an assortment of other submissions, specialising on buildings and locations in New York, for a total of 895 points.
Gog the Mild came next with 464 points, from a featured article, two good articles and a number of reviews, the main theme being naval warfare.
Raymie was in third place with 419 points, garnered from one good article and an impressive 34 DYKs on radio and TV stations in the United States.
Harrias came next at 414, with a featured article and three good articles, an English civil war battle specialist.
CaptainEek was in fifth place with 405 points, mostly garnered from bringing Cactus wren to featured article status.- The top ten contestants at the end of Round 1 all scored over 200 points; they also included L293D,
Kingsif, 
Enwebb, 
Lee Vilenski and 
CAPTAIN MEDUSA. Seven of the top ten contestants in Round 1 are new to the WikiCup.
.svg){kind=small}
These contestants, like all the others, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. In Round 1 there were four featured articles, one featured list and two featured pictures, as well as around two hundred DYKs and twenty-seven ITNs. Between them, contestants completed 127 good article reviews, nearly a hundred more than the 43 good articles they claimed for, thus making a substantial dent in the review backlog. Contestants also claimed for 40 featured article / featured list reviews, and most even remembered to mention their WikiCup participation in their reviews (a requirement).
Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. 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.
If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 1 March 2020
- From the editor: The ball is in your court
- News and notes: Alexa ranking down to 13th worldwide
- Special report: More participation, more conversation, more pageviews
- Discussion report: Do you prefer M or P?
- Arbitration report: Two prominent administrators removed
- Community view: The Incredible Invisible Woman
- In focus: History of The Signpost, 2015–2019
- From the archives: Is Wikipedia for sale?
- Traffic report: February articles, floating in the dark
- Gallery: Feel the love
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?
- Opinion: Wikipedia is another country
- Humour: The Wilhelm scream
Sorry for bothering you, but...
- New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers
- New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
- Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
- If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)(click me!) 20:23, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
.jpg) |
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:Palace of Fine Arts (16794p).jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 23:03, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
|
WikiCup newsletter correction
There was an error in the WikiCup 2020 March newsletter; L293D should not have been included in the list of top ten scorers in Round 1 (they led the list last year), instead, Dunkleosteus77 should have been included, having garnered 334 points from five good articles on animals, living or extinct, and various reviews. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
.jpg) |
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status Your image, File:California sea lion in La Jolla (70568).jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Armbrust The Homunculus 22:48, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
|
 |
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Cathedral Cove 06.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 22:52, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
|
This Month in GLAM: February 2020
| ||||||
| March 18, 7pm: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC | |
|---|---|
|
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly "WikiWednesday" evening salon (7-9pm) and knowledge-sharing workshop. This month, as part of Wikimedia NYC's commitment to the well-being of members, we will hold WikiWednesday online via Zoom videoconferencing! To join the meeting from your computer or smartphone, just visit this link. More information about how to connect is available on the meetup page. We look forward to seeing local Wikimedians, but would also like to invite folks from the greater New York metropolitan area (and beyond!) who might not typically be able to join us in person! Is there a project you'd like to share? A question you'd like answered? A Wiki* skill you'd like to learn? Let us know by adding it to the agenda.
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Wikimedia New York City Team 04:37, 17 March 2020 (UTC) | |
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
Pic
I saw you got one of your pics on the main page today, FA and all. :) Congrats! cart-Talk 11:40, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- @W.carter: ha. I was wondering, reading this, why you would leave a message just for POTD. It's because not only is it not POTD, it's not even a FP (one of my "others" that I think should be FP but has really no shot). :) Thanks for the heads up. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:38, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
- I like it when normal journalistic shots get some 15 minutes of fame (or in this case 24h). It is the kind of photography I like best. Go out there make a good shot illustrating something. Unfortunately that genre has no place among the nitpicking and photo rules of WP or COM. cart-Talk 13:51, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
Soup
I'm not a great photographer, I don't have terribly interesting food, I'm not a barnstar collector, and I won't upload to Commons either. But I liked your idea for a little distraction, and I like tomato soup. Haven't thrown in carrot slices before. I liked it. - Alexis Jazz 04:12, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 March 2020
- From the editors: The bad and the good
- News and notes: 2018 Wikipedian of the year blocked
- WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19: A WikiProject Report
- Special report: Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters
- In the media: Blocked in Iran but still covering the big story
- Discussion report: Rethinking draft space
- Arbitration report: Unfinished business
- In focus: "I have been asked by Jeffrey Epstein …"
- Community view: Wikimedia community responds to COVID-19
- From the archives: Text from Wikipedia good enough for Oxford University Press to claim as own
- Traffic report: The only thing that matters in the world
- Gallery: Visible Women on Wikipedia
- News from the WMF: Amid COVID-19, Wikimedia Foundation offers full pay for reduced hours, mobilizes all staff to work remote, and waives sick time
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?