Dannys712

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Wiki: Copyright problems/2023 October 20

Hi Danny! I recently wrote the article Mê Linh Square without awareness that close paraphrasing is indeed an issue, so it was listed for discussion. I looked up for more sources and rewrote it at User:Đại Việt quốc/Mê Linh Square. Please help me resolve this case and if there is still any issue, let me know. Thanks and have a great day! Đại Việt quốc (talk) 00:47, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

    @Đại Việt quốc sorry, I don't think I'm going to have time to investigate this, and it looks like it is already being addressed at the copyright problems page DannyS712 (talk) 04:13, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
      No worries! I was only asking because I thought the process was simply checking against the sources and make sure that the wordings are different enough to have the case resolved, never expected that it would be something much more complicated than that. Thanks for your time! Đại Việt quốc (talk) 04:37, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

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Hello DannyS712:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 2300 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:23, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

October 2023 NPP backlog drive – Points award

Dannys712  The Invisible Barnstar
This award is given to DannyS712 for collecting more than 5 points during the October 2023 NPP backlog drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to the drive! Hey man im josh (talk) 02:04, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Some motor oil for you!

Thank you for all your bot does for the NPP! - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 02:39, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Redirect of new page Juan Pablo Segura

I started a page on this entrepreneur who is now running for state office in Virginia. The bot converted it to a redirect that omits the initial bit of substantive content I included to get the bio page past a mere listing of his candidacy. I think the separate page stub should be restored. SPECIFICO talk 17:23, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

    @SPECIFICO my bot just patrols redirects, the actual redirect was done in Special:Diff/1183478209 by @Pppery --DannyS712 (talk) 19:49, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
      Hello thanks for the quick reply. I was expecting that once the page was up, editors would add content since he seems to have generated some controversy in this election and has had some other somewhat noteworthy coverage in sources that would seem to meet GNG. SPECIFICO talk 19:53, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
        @SPECIFICO Okay, but I have nothing to do with that page content and haven't looked into it, its Pppery that you should talk to about the redirect decision DannyS712 (talk) 19:54, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
          Yes, I understand. I just replied here in case @Pppery: checked your ping. SPECIFICO talk 21:15, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Request

I've started a revamp of Wiki: Tools/Optimum tool set.

Please take a look and let me know if there are any essential techniques or must have tools that you think should be included.

Thank you.

Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   06:48, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

      Feel free to edit it to make sure it is explained right. Dannys712     — The Transhumanist   07:18, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
        @The Transhumanist looks good to me,, thanks --DannyS712 (talk) 07:22, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
          Cool. By the way, what other must have tools are missing from the set?    — The Transhumanist   07:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
            @The Transhumanist none come to mind but I was also inactive for a while and so am not caught up on the latest tools DannyS712 (talk) 07:34, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
              You're more caught up than me. Except for the past month or two, I've been pretty much out of active editing for the past 4 years! And you were the userscript King. You've got to have an inkling of what editors need. Dannys712     — The Transhumanist   07:37, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
                Not really, you can check my common.js but I don't know how representative it is DannyS712 (talk) 07:40, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
                  Wow, the list of scripts you have installed in there is huge! I'm impressed. Which ones are your favorites?    — The Transhumanist   08:02, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
                    Not sure - at this point I've used them for so long I'm not sure what is a part of the normal interface, what comes from my global.js, and what comes from each script DannyS712 (talk) 08:04, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
                      LOL. You've become fused with the machine! Where do you end, and Wikipedia begin? I'll probably try to reverse engineer your global js at some point. Thanks for the input. Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   08:53, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, Dannys712  BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

  • Dannys712  Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
  • Dannys712  MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
  • Dannys712  Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
  • Dannys712  MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
  • Dannys712  BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
  • Dannys712  Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
  • Dannys712  LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
  • Dannys712  MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
  • Dannys712  Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
  • Dannys712  Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wiki: WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of Skal vi danse? participants

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The article List of Skal vi danse? participants has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No context provided, no sources provided, and no information gleaned.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Bgsu98 (Talk) 18:28, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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

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  • Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
  • Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
  • Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
  • Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
  • Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
  • Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
  • An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Forking User:DannyS712/Redirectify

Hey, I saw a interesting script, Redirectify that you had created a while back. Currently, your script doesn't really work due to a change in the morebits API (as well as it being somewhat invalid in not using a {{Redirect category shell}} template). Since I was interested in using the script in performing BLARs, I've forked your script and fixed some issues with it at User:Sohom_Datta/Redirectify. Since you mentioned that you would not be actively maintaining the script on the talk page, would it be okay to redirect the current (kinda broken) version of your script to mine ? Sohom (talk) 08:51, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Skal vi danse? participants for deletion

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A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of Skal vi danse? participants is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wiki's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wiki: Articles for deletion/List of Skal vi danse? participants until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

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  • Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
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Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June.

Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here.

Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles.

Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year.

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Ask if DannyS712 bot running?

Greetings, For DannyS712 bot (task # 55 ), last ran Database reports/Orphans with incoming links at 21:00, 8 December 2023. Had updated every 4-days or so. Regards, JoeNMLC (talk) 14:55, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

    @JoeNMLC it looks like it missed the last run, if it doesn't update the next round I'll look into it DannyS712 (talk) 00:26, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
      Hi DannyS712 - just three questions about DannyS712 bot
      Question 1 - When I last read the docs (quite a long time ago) it said bot runs Daily, so I'm curious why it only Updates the page every 4 days or so?
      Question 2 - Wondering why the low number of Orphan articles for each update? Since this summer I've been un-tagging many Orphan articles, driven by Query results here. From the 2014 backlog, I removed over 1,600 articles; 2015 backlog-over 2,200 articles. Have not done tally for 2016, but the numbers are similar.
      Question 3 - Can the bot "target" Category "current month"? That's where much tagging is actively happening (NPP; Twinkle; AWB) - all imperfect tools that make it easy to Orphan tag (without doing "What links here").
      Thanks. JoeNMLC (talk) 14:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
        @JoeNMLC some of the tasks run daily but I think the orphans task is only every 4 days. I'm not sure about the limit and changing the target - its been a *while* since I last touched that bot, but if I have time over the next few weeks I'll try to take a look and see DannyS712 (talk) 20:21, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
          Dannys712  Done - Reporting the bot ran at 21:00, 20 December 2023. So it looks to be back on-track. Thanks. Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 04:50, 21 December 2023 (UTC) ‎

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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | January 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
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  • On 1 January 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
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From my family to yours: Merry Christmas, Danny! TheSandDoctor Talk 07:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

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