User talk:Cyfraw/Archives/2012

Multiple edits on same article

I see several places where you have made several separate edits to individual articles. Please try to combine your edits. If you are using HotCat to make multiple category changes, you can use HotCat's multiple change mode; see here for how to do that. As I have said in the past, I hope you are not making separate edits in order to increase your edit count. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:41, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. I'm not actually trying to increase my edit count but I will try to do it better next time. I'm trying to fix my errors and I'm hoping to help make Wikipedia better and looking foward. --Cyrfaw (Talk) 18:58, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Template:Global rollbacker and sysop

FYI, I have nominated this template for deletion for the same reason as given for Template:User wikipedia/Administrator and Checkuser above. When creating templates, please think about whether they are needed here. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:44, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Aviation barnstar

	Congratulations!
	Thanks for all the work you did in making the Big Airport Weekend a success! Please accept this Aviation Barnstar. Your work is much appreciated. – Racepacket (talk) 05:22, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you and Good day! :-} --[[[User:cyfraw|Cyrfaw]] (Talk) 20:06, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• News and notes: Update on Global Development, Wikipedia Day NYC is a success, JFK audio on Commons
• In the news: Zambian wiki-assassins, Foundation über alles, editor engagement and the innovation plateau
• Recent research: Language analyses examine power structure and political slant; Wikipedia compared to commercial databases
• WikiProject report: Digging Up WikiProject Palaeontology
• Featured content: Featured content soaring this week
• Arbitration report: Five open cases, voting on proposed decisions in two cases
• Technology report: Why "Lua" is on everybody's lips, and when to expect MediaWiki 1.19

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Quick deletion of User:Katarighe/2nd chance

The page you wrote, User:Katarighe/2nd chance, has been selected for quick deletion. If you think this page should be kept, please add {{wait}} below the line {{QD}} and say why on the talk page. If the page is already gone, but you think this was an error, you can ask for it to be undeleted. Eagles247 (talk) 22:49, 31 January 2012 (UTC) Responded --Cyrfaw (Talk) 20:07, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Some comments on your edits

I recently undid some of your edits and I wanted to explain why.

• This edit to Backlash (2005), where you changed "[[Manchester, New Hampshire]]" to "[[Manchester]], [[New Hampshire]]". This caused a problem, because Manchester (linked separately) is a place in the country of England. In general, it's better not to separately link parts of a place (such as a city and state or country) when it's not required. Not only can it cause problems like this did, but it's just plain simpler to link them together if that's a valid article title.
• This edit to Nord-Pas-de-Calais, where you added words saying that the region borders the UK. It does not border the UK, it borders the English Channel. You also added a link to Lille, but that was unneeded because Lille was already linked earlier in the same paragraph.
• This change to 2022 Winter Olympics, where you changed "[[Santiago, Chile]], [[Chile]]" to "[[Santiago]], [[Chile]]". This made the link point to the disambiguation page Santiago instead of to the page about the city in Chile. I changed it to "[[Santiago, Chile]]".
• This change to Port-en-Bessin-Huppain, where you changed "northwest" to "north-west". The word "northwest" does not have a hyphen in it. (Neither do the words northeast, southwest, and southeast.)
• This change to the disambiguation page Scotch Irish, where you changed "[[Scotch-Irish American]]s" to "[[Scottish-Irish American]]s". I can understand why you made this change, but in this case "Scotch-Irish" is the correct term.

Looking at all these, I offer the following suggestions:

• When you change the way something is linked, please check to be sure it links to a correct place.
• You do not need to link every occurrence of a word in each article. Usually one link is enough. Sometimes links in infoboxes, image captions, and tables are exceptions to this.

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:46, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me. I will try to understand what you are saying and doing it. Regards --Cyrfaw (Talk) 22:08, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

If there's something I said that you don't understand, let me know and I'll try to clarify it. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:57, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

The Signpost: 06 February 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• News and notes: The Foundation visits Tunisia, analyzes donors
• In the news: Leading scholar hails Wikipedia, historians urged to contribute while PR pros remain shunned
• Discussion report: Discussion swarms around Templates for deletion and returning editors of colourful pasts
• WikiProject report: The Eye of the Storm: WikiProject Tropical Cyclones
• Featured content: Talking architechture with MrPanyGoff
• Arbitration report: Four open cases, final decision in Muhammad images, Betacommand 3 near closure
• Technology report: October's coding challenge: results now in; progress on 1.19 steady; and why for a while interwiki links were no more

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The Signpost: 13 February 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• Discussion report: Administrators, vanishing, and ponies
• Special report: Fundraising proposals spark a furore among the chapters
• News and notes: Foundation launches Legal and Community Advocacy department
• In the news: Scholars and spindoctors contend with the emergent wikiorder
• In focus: Skirmishes in the 'great sectarian war of the Internet'
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Stub Sorting
• Featured content: The best of the week
• Arbitration report: Betacommand 3 closed, proposed decision in Civility enforcement, AUSC candidates announced
• Technology report: January sees prototype new geodata API; but February looks to be a testing time for top developers

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The Signpost: 20 February 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• Special report: The plight of the new page patrollers
• News and notes: Fundraiser row continues, new director of engineering
• Discussion report: Discussion on copyrighted files from non-US relation states
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Poland
• Featured content: The best of the week
• Arbitration report: Civility enforcement closed, proposed decision in TimidGuy, two cases remain open
• Technology report: Major strands of development cycle coalesce as 1.19 is deployed to first wikis

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The Signpost: 27 February 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• News and notes: Finance meeting fallout, Gardner recommendations forthcoming
• Recent research: Gender gap and conflict aversion; collaboration on breaking news; effects of leadership on participation; legacy of Public Policy Initiative
• Discussion report: Focus on admin conduct and editor retention
• WikiProject report: Just don't call it "sci-fi": WikiProject Science Fiction
• Featured content: By plane, by ship, and by stagecoach: Featured content goes trekking this week
• Arbitration report: Final decision in TimidGuy ban appeal, one case remains open
• Technology report: 1.19 deployment stress, Meta debates whether to enforce SUL

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The Signpost: 05 March 2012

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• News and notes: Chapter-selected Board seats, an invite to the Teahouse, patrol becomes triage, and this week in history
• In the news: Heights reached in search rankings, privacy and mental health info; clouds remain over content policing
• Discussion report: COI and NOTCENSORED: policies under discussion
• WikiProject report: We don't bite: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles
• Featured content: Best of the week
• Arbitration report: AUSC appointments announced, one case remains open
• Technology report: With the 1.19 deployment now (mostly) complete, developers consider possible "mini" deployment later in the month

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The Signpost: 12 March 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• Interview: Liaising with the Education Program
• Women and Wikipedia: Women's history, what we're missing, and why it matters
• Arbitration analysis: A look at new arbitrators
• News and notes: Sue Gardner tackles the funds, and the terms of use update nears implementation
• In the news: Britannica runs out of print as Jimmy Wales anointed UK transparency tsar
• Discussion report: Nothing changes as long discussions continue
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Women's History
• Featured content: Extinct humans, birds, and Birdman
• Arbitration report: Proposed decision in 'Article titles', only one open case
• Education report: Diverse approaches to Wikipedia in Education
• Technology report: Git learning curve steep but not insurmountable, plus a diff style we can all agree on?

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The Signpost: 19 March 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• News and notes: Chapters Council proposals take form as research applications invited for Wikipedia Academy and HighBeam accounts
• Discussion report: Article Rescue Squadron in need of rescue yet again
• WikiProject report: Lessons from another Wikipedia: Czech WikiProject Protected Areas
• Featured content: Featured content on the upswing!
• Arbitration report: Race and intelligence 'review' opened, Article titles at voting
• Technology report: Bugmeister to leave at end of May, but developers keen to "chart" a path ahead

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The Signpost: 26 March 2012

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• News and notes: Controversial content saga continues, while the Foundation tries to engage editors with merchandising and restructuring
• WikiProject report: WikiProject Rock Music
• Featured content: Malfunctioning sharks, toothcombs and a famous mother: featured content for the week
• Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review at evidence, article titles closed
• Recent research: Predicting admin elections; studying flagged revision debates; classifying editor interactions; and collecting the Wikipedia literature
• Education report: Universities unite for GLAM; and High Schools get their due.
• Technology report: A busy week: Git switchover, mobile site upgraded, and still time for three security releases

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The Signpost: 02 April 2012

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• Interview: An introduction to movement roles
• Arbitration analysis: Case review: TimidGuy ban appeal
• News and notes: Berlin reforms to movement structures, Wikidata launches with fanfare, and Wikipedia's day of mischief
• WikiProject report: The Signpost scoops The Signpost
• Featured content: Snakes, misnamed chapels, and emptiness: featured content this week
• Arbitration report: Race and intelligence review in third week, one open case
• Technology report: Somewhere amongst the endless discussions about Gerrit lie details of hackathons, performance blips explained and more

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The Signpost: 09 April 2012

News, reports and features from the English Wikipedia's weekly journal about Wikipedia and Wikimedia

• Wikidata: The next big thing? An interview with Wikidata
• Interview: Funds, fiduciaries, and the Foundation: the complex dynamics of scaling
• News and notes: Projects launched in Brazil and the Middle East as advisors sought for funds committee
• WikiProject report: The Land of Steady Habits: WikiProject Connecticut
• Featured content: Assassination, genocide, internment, murder, and crucification: the bloodiest of the week
• Arbitration report: Arbitration evidence-limit motions, two open cases
• Technology report: Next Wikimedia deployment already in the pipeline and details of recent performance improvements

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Quick deletion of Template:Countdown clock

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