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{{ User's RfA}} has no transclusions, which usually leads to deletion. Did you have a plan to use this template somewhere? – Jonesey95 ( talk) 17:55, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
and has no likelihood of being usedpart of WP:TFD#REASONS. Cheers, {{u| Sdkb}} talk 18:05, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
mass-process stuff in a cold, cruel manner. I think I understand why you often see no better option, but I encountered a pretty prolific editor who also created an IMO harmful template. I succeeded to (kindly) show the author why I think it to be harmful, and he accepted the arguments and removed it himself (no TFD process needed). The expected advantage is he hopefully both gets a bit wiser, and stays prolific with (hopefully) good edits (and possibly future good templates too). I am glad to see you did something like that (in no cold, cruel manner) too here, and so I wish you a lot of (at least) similarly good days ;-) Marjan Tomki SI ( talk) 03:19, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello, how can I start a page? -- Indiphile99 ( talk) 13:49, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
This seems a very premature closure, and one that suggests a lack of familiarity with the arguments on both sides. The discussion has become so complicated that I'm not sure anyone really knows which RFC you are closing. Please re-open this and leave closure to an independent administrator, as has I think already been requested. Deb ( talk) 14:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
very premature. I provided a thorough closing rationale, and you are welcome to ask for clarification on anything unclear. You are also welcome to appeal the result at WP:AN.
this is nonsense, then doubled down on their talk page (
There has been no decision and no result., etc.) — falls below the expected standard. The nature of the consensus system means that discussions do not always go the way one might hope, but all editors are expected to abide by outcomes or challenge them through appropriate channels. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 16:15, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
has not thought through the consequences of his/her actions). So I will say again, if you object to an RfC's close and the closer declines to reconsider, the next step is WP:AN. The approach you are currently taking is below the standard I would expect of an administrator. -- Tamzin[ cetacean needed (they|xe|she) 19:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
I am concerned that, during the RfC on the removal of photomontages from Wikipedia, both attempts at another RfC for the removal of decade images were deleted. At least, that’s the way I see it. DementiaGaming ( talk) 14:22, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
are you real -- Timplin ( talk) 21:35, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, I want to edit the article named "Herbie", the sentient 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, but i can't edit the article's grammar problems without some helpful tools. Can tools like Grammarly be used to fix grammar errors in articles? I know that Grammarly may be incorrect sometimes. -- KiwipediaZea ( talk) 03:00, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
i can't edit the article's grammar problems without some helpful tools), then copy editing may not be the best task for you. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 00:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
On Template:Skip to top and bottom that's surprised me because it's showed correct on me. If you give info about your browser, i can try to fix that problem (i assume you purged the page / cleaned the cache before reverting). Thanks for your attention. RuzDD ( talk) 01:03, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
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from the ruleset i was writed in the previous message.
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hi! i'm just curious. how did you come to know about this person? RZuo ( talk) 11:24, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi,
How to create bibllography of an author? -- Razia68 ( talk) 07:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
@ Sdkb Hey, I just wanted to let you know that Society, a Level-1 Vital Article, has just been promoted to GA status, so some barnstar rewards can be handed out. — Alex26337 ( talk) 22:12, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello Sdkb, I reverted all of your changes done to the WikiProject userboxes, or at least the ones I have on my watch as I do not agree with your changes. Please do not perform mass changes just because it was agreed upon to change the wording of one WikiProject userbox. Let members of those WikiProjects deal with the changes on their own consensus. Jerium ( talk) 08:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
How do I create a table? -- Pristinebutterfly ( talk) 12:37, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
@ Theleekycauldron: @ The Earwig: @ L235:
I'm going to do something rather unusual here. I've noted the development of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sdkb. I wanted to give all of you a heads up that I intend to oppose this RfA. There's no bad blood here, and I don't view you, Sdkb, as a bad person or a bad presence on the project. My concerns have to do with the your stance on non-free content on the project. The discussion here along with other posts lead me to feel that the stance is "If it's legal, it's ok". It's not, never has been, and never will be. We have had a lot (and I do mean a LOT) of difficulty in enforcing the WP:NFC policy over the years, and having another administrator who stands essentially against it (or has an interpretation that would liberally allow it; same difference) would dramatically undermine our efforts. I can't support that. Thus, barring a serious commitment to the free content mission of the project, I'll be opposing. I want to clarify; I am NOT telling you to not run. That would be very much out of line. I'm just trying to give you a heads up. It's always a guessing game before running an RfA as to how the responding public will react.
To the nominators here pinged; it's incumbent on you as nominators to do a thorough review of a candidate in all respects. I'm not saying any of you have come up short. Far from it. I am seeing some bumps in the road with comments on this talk page and elsewhere. A good nominator must carefully review these, try to identify trends, discuss those those trends with the candidate, and figure out a plan. There is a lot of good work here. Highlighting it is important. But, digging deep to find problems is part of the process as well. -- Hammersoft ( talk) 15:31, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
What I can promise you is that I understand the difference between pushing for reform and ignoring consensus, and that as an admin I will enforce NFC (and any other policy) as it is presently written and understood, not how I personally wish it were written.(formatting removed). @ Hammersoft I think it's a really unfair statement to suggest that the nominators failed to do a thorough review. Why is Sdkb having a position that a majority (but not consensus) of editors agreeing with a problem? And to the extent it is a problem - just by posting here you've made it into one even if it wouldn't have been for anyone else - how do you know that they didn't know about the stance. For instance in the last RfA that I ran, none of the concerns (at least none of them prior to criticism around answers at the RfA itself) were a surprise to me. I just decided that I shouldn't only be trying to nominate perfect people. Just because you're not aware of a plan doesn't mean there isn't one and suggesting otherwise is unfair to the nominators and the candidate. But all of this pales into just how bizzare it is to decide that a stance which a majority (but not consensus) of enwiki editors agree with is so disqualifying that someone should not be an admin for holding it and to merit a lecture to nominators. Good grief. Barkeep49 ( talk) 17:12, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
Far from it. So I shouldn't have written that. You did feel it appropriate to tell two experienced nominators how to be nominators which I will apply good faith towards and chalk up to obliviousness at how it comes off because of your desire to help them be good nominators. And you did that because you decided that a stance which a majority (but not consensus) of enwiki editors agree with is so disqualifying that someone should not be an admin for holding it. That is the bizarre part. Barkeep49 ( talk) 19:09, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
... I intend to oppose this RfA.and
It's always a guessing game before running an RfA as to how the responding public will react.What you also said is you weren't telling skdb not to run. Which I never wrote so now you need to read what I wrote more carefully. But telling him how the public will respond, rather than how you will respond seems to pretty clearly trying to help Skdb make good decisions about RfA,the set of which would include whether to run or not if this is how the
publicwill respond. Barkeep49 ( talk) 00:27, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
"...so he could factor that into whether or not he ran"Seems pretty clear to me. Whatever. This conversation is pointless now. It's all moot; as noted below the elephant walked away. Have a nice day! -- Hammersoft ( talk) 00:40, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Starting this as it will likely be dogpiled by others very soon. Best of luck on your nomination! They are well-deserved and I have no doubt you will do good work with them in possession. I've been thinking about asking you an optional question relating to humor on Wikipedia. Maybe, if I can word my thoughts right. Also, thanks for the shirt! I have never worn it. Panini! • 🥪 19:34, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
I didn't think you'd ever do it, but am thrilled that you are! We will have to catch up some time soon, but I'll leave you to your RFA questions for the moment. Aza24 (talk) 22:08, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Sdkb, I just left you a question at your RFA. You are under no pressure to answer at all (I've already !voted support), but it gives you the opportunity to respond to your oppose should you wish to. If you don't want to respond, that's fine, but at least you can, without being accused of badgering the opposer. Cheers - SchroCat ( talk) 18:13, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hi! Couple things, but as to why i'm giving you this, it's thanks to your great editing and interactions!
1. I like the new signature. I can't pin exactly why, but the font and shape reminds me of old computers. 2. I hope your RfA passes, as you deserve it. Babysharkboss2!! Killer Queen 20:19, 13 February 2024 (UTC) |
I'm loving the new signature! Good luck in your RfA! —asparagusus (interaction) sprouts! 02:49, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Congrats on your successful RfA! SWinxy ( talk) 18:10, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello Sdkb, I am pleased to report that I have closed your RfA as successful. Good luck with the toolkit, and please let me know if you have any questions. Welcome to the admin corps. Cheers, 28bytes ( talk) 18:11, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
Congrats on the successful RfA and good luck with the tools. Prodraxis ( talk) 20:28, 16 February 2024 (UTC) |
May I join the hordes congratulating you for a successful RfA? 🌺 Cremastra ( talk) 21:38, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
The admin baton | |
Congratulations on becoming the newest admin! I'm passing this baton along to you; please take care to hold it closely in your care until it is your time to hand off the baton. — The Night Watch (talk) 22:16, 16 February 2024 (UTC) |
Here's your shirt. I suggest just buying one from Wikipedia because these stupid things fall apart in the wash. But, Jimmy just had to accidentally buy 1000 of these instead of the one test shirt, so here we are in 2024 still trying to get rid of them. Panini! • 🥪 01:29, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Some champagne for your successful RfA! | |
Congratulations on becoming an admin! I always thought you would be a great candidate and I hope to see you around making Wikipedia a better place. ❤History Theorist❤ 05:31, 17 February 2024 (UTC) |
Congratulations! Heads-up, the contrast in your signature is also off under the thing that I use to highlight admins(/superusers?). People (including me) might apprecitate it if you are able to find a combination that works with and without the blue that the script overlays. Best, Usedtobecool ☎️ 14:29, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Congrats on your successful RfA... Take these while you figure out what to do with them extra buttons (...with caution of course). Cheers! Volten001 ☎ 04:55, 18 February 2024 (UTC) |
Sorry for missing the RfA, but glad you got in, and congrats! DFlhb ( talk) 21:16, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I wanted to call your attention to this discussion I started in WikiProject YouTube. Your 2 cents would be helpful as it is a continuation of a previous discussion started by you last year. Mokadoshi ( talk) 01:09, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi! I'm working on an op-ed for the Signpost (gist: there's been a lot of attention on AI over the last year, but not as much attention on the other important socio-technical change that affects Wikipedia, the increasing popularity of getting information from personalities on social apps/platforms that cater to younger audiences). I've started a draft here – as someone who has been following the Future Audiences work and had some good feedback early on about the social apps space, I'd really appreciate it if you could take a look and let me know what you think! Open to any/all feedback. Thank you!! Maryana Pinchuk (WMF) ( talk) 15:55, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
I want to hear from you, English Wikipedians – as the groundbreaking community that, 23 years ago, revolutionized how knowledge could be shared and accessed onlineThis feels a little weird, given that most Wikipedians today weren't editing 23 years ago.
Are you really my mentor? -- Coolguy12340 ( talk) 13:52, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello, mentor. I have never edited before so I thought I'd let you know what I wanted to do. I don't want to change anything yet, but I've found a mistake on the Pupstruction page so I want to talk to someone about. If Disney came up with the mistake I'll drop it. One of the dogs is described as a neopolitan mastiff but the dog in the show is NOT that breed of dog, I've owned and rescued this breed and the defining characteristics are simply not there. I'd like to change this. Is there a chat feature within this program? Thank you for being my mentor! -- Faerlynwiki ( talk) 15:06, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I'm sure you're very busy, but if you have the time, I'd love your quick thoughts here. Thanks in advance. Mokadoshi ( talk) 23:47, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for your note at Jimbo's talk page. I've mentioned more funding for conferences on his page at least a couple times, without a response, and have contemplated doing a Signpost article which would include large-scale further funding of conferences. Seems a touchy subject, Foundation funds are gathered by pushing Wikipedia to the forefront. It's the elephant in the room: the difference between what the Foundation should allot to Wikipedia matters and what it actually does.
As for conferences, the yearly world conference as well as the North American, Indian, European (I don't think they have a regular one), etc. should be a major recipient of millions of dollars of funding. For example, I attended November's North American Conference in Toronto, and give the organizing committee full credit for a wonderful conference with what they had to work with (I don't know the exact amount of funding allotted - maybe SuperHamster and Econterms and others could elaborate - for the conference itself, for scholarships, etc.). But the Foundation, especially after a literal four-year conference hiatus per covid, should have thrown money at it and asked "Thank you Wikipedians, what else can we do?". All conferences should have hundreds of full scholarships. Evening events should be held every night of the conference - full catered banquets, speakers including officials from the city/state/country, a panel of celebrities talking of how they view and relate to Wikipedia, a dance night with live music, etc. etc. These conferences are both educational connections for participants and celebrations of their work - and by celebrations I envision as far as it can be taken. For example, I've been advocating for a large North American conference in Las Vegas in 2026 for the 25th Wikipedia anniversary year, a major event to augment the Paris Wikimedia conference.
"Lack of funding" should be no barrier, Wikipedians as a group being the recipient of donations is an obvious use of funds. I bet with a proposal in-hand for fully funding these large world-and-continental conferences, combined with visits to a couple of local millionaires or billionaires, these things can equate with and rival the best conferences of other major organizations and professional gatherings. There is a large playing field not being played on, and your unanswered query to Jimbo Wales adds one idea to a what-can-easily-be scenerios in terms of tying Wikipedians into Foundation funding (as the public appeals strongly imply). Randy Kryn ( talk) 13:48, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello I am trying to get more information about myself and my acting I’ve done throughout previous years how can I get more information out? As there is bits and bobs on Google -- Ella Honan ( talk) 13:50, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello! Sorry, I'm missing something about what you wrote...
Maybe it's just because I'm feeling tired. : D Oltrepier ( talk) 19:52, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
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Also, not to brag, but...) 19:40, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I just entered an article I published and presented at the WGMSC. I want to add it to Wikipedia. Please help me to take the next step. -- Peter I. Klock ( talk) 22:17, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
Noticed that in your recent edits to Template:User WikiProject Music of Canada and Template:User WikiProject Country Music, you accidentally wrote "particpant" instead of "participant". Don't have time to scour your edit history to find anywhere else you may have made the same error, so I figured I would let you know so, if need be, you can fix it yourself when you get a chance. QuietHere ( talk | contributions) 05:24, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Great hook! Viriditas ( talk) 10:22, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Did you know ... that the use of trade in prehistoric society may have given humans an evolutionary advantage over Neanderthals?It was chosen from among a few options.) Cheers, Sdkb talk 17:15, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Thought you might have some insight on this. My first batch of FGTC proposals passed, one of which is combining the pages Wikipedia talk:Featured and good topic candidates & Wikipedia talk:Featured and good topic questions.
How might I go about doing so, considering that both pages have (somewhat) extensive archives? I could just leave a merge request, but I find those tend to go un-answered for a while, and I'd rather just do this myself then force it into another editor's hands. Aza24 (talk) 01:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her), via:
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:46, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
i can't really disagree with the {{ notability}} challenge. But the reason that I felt we needed a better landing space for this abbreviation was my own experience many years ago when I first came across it. I had no idea what it meant and no idea how to find out. Until I created the page, n.d. redirected to ND (disambiguation), where it languished imperceptibly in the See Also section, so even if someone did search for n.d., there was a very high probability that that would leave none the wiser.
In CS1 citations, we actively encourage editors to use it: when templates like {{ sfnp}} are used, it is essential.
My first thought was to redirect it to APA style but there is no obvious landing spot there.
Can you suggest a better idea? -- 𝕁𝕄𝔽 ( talk) 21:02, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi,
I posted the § Showing "Redirected from" notice at top of section suggestion the other day, and realized just now that putting together the two points raised in the comments I replied to actually yields quite a nice solution for how to apply this to anchors as well.
I added a mock-up to my current IP's talk space, starting from User talk:2A02:560:5829:B000:3035:7BA6:5759:C13C/User test/Origin page. The bolded wikilink goes thru a redirect to one of the anchors on the target page, which is a slightly edited copy of an actual article. The full "Redirected from" notice is accessible via the {{ NoteTag}} displayed at that anchor.
This one is hardcoded, of course, and is labelled "[note 1]" instead of something custom like "[Redirected here]", and clicking it jumps to the bottom instead of the top of the page, because putting the notes above the note tags apparently isn't allowed. But the functionality supplied by the notes system is an (in retrospect maybe not very) surprisingly good match for this scenario, with the ability to jump back and forth between the "top" and the redirect target as a pleasant bonus.
Could I trouble you to re-post this comment to the dev page? IPs can't post there, and I could not get Wikimedia's signup captcha to work despite trying multiple browsers.
Of course, if you notice any major issues that I overlooked, then do not do that last part! :)
- 2A02:560:5829:B000:3035:7BA6:5759:C13C ( talk) 20:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
Dear colleague, I have marked the article N.d. as being under review, and boarded the plane. Upon landing I have discovered that you have removed my hatnote and replaced the article with a soft redirect. I have no problem with this resolution, although I was planning to redirect it to some abbreviation list or APA style and checking the sources for potential Abbreviations for citations. Still, the purpose of placing the {{ under review}} tag was to gain few hours' worth of time for the flight. Next time, please let me complete the review. Sincerely, Викидим ( talk) 21:14, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
When you decided to remove this PROD tag, asserting that sources exist, did you consider adding any sources? WP:DEPROD encourages editors to "Improve the page to address the concerns raised." Instead we are now left with an article with zero sources. AusLondonder ( talk) 17:46, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
PROD must only be used if no opposition to the deletion is expected. Sdkb talk 03:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello how do I create an article -- Semaj Jr ( talk) 02:29, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Hey, if you have the time/inclination, could I request a template alteration from you? I see that you made Template:FC pass talk message (great idea btw!). In helping reform WP:FGTC, our bot operator is going to add the template to the system for completed nominations. It works great with promoted featured topics, but the issue is promoted good topics (which, for obvious reasons, it doesn't support at the moment).
I'm seeing three possibilities here: (1) GTs are added as a fifth option, but that may be a little awkward to include (and the image would have to change, just for them). (2) A second template is created for just GTs? (3) I'm almost wondering if both FTs and GTs should be in a separate template, since the multi-star File:Cscr-featuredtopic.svg probably works better than the single File:Featured article star.svg for FTs anyways? Sorry to be rambling here. Aza24 (talk) 19:12, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for converting the links I added into proper references. Could I ask how you do that? I'm assuming it isn't done manually. IOHANNVSVERVS ( talk) 20:04, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
On 27 March 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hidden Letters, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that marketers try to turn a secret women-only language into a branding device for "high-end potatoes" in the documentary Hidden Letters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hidden Letters. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Hidden Letters), 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.
♠ PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I am requesting the removal of my Page mover and Pending change user permissions, thank you. Jerium ( talk) 20:15, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Good day How i could change a misleading front page brother. Would like to know thank you. -- Wag1weliz ( talk) 23:37, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Resim eklemek ve profilimde meslek yazmak istiyorum -- Özcan gündük ( talk) 21:25, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
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My impression is that 90% of the mathematical facts in these number pages are just anecdotal with no particular importance, and there is after all a wikipedia article about sexy numbers. But whatever. Vegan416 ( talk) 16:21, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Could you take a look at my latest edit on the university endowments article? Its my effort to contextualize the large endowments. -- Smokefoot ( talk) 17:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Dear Sdkb, I would like some help for a draft article I have related to Prime Press. It is confused with the Prime Press, Inc while this is an all new publishing house created in 2019, Prime Press Ltd.
I see you have edited several publishers articles and have also experience.
Please give me a hand on this, also with fixing the logo case.
All the best
Khufu2019 (
talk) 20:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
what criteria is needed to make a good functioning article? -- Aedipikiw ( talk) 17:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
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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.
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:
Personalized praise experiment results
This feature was developed for Mentors as part of the Growth team's Positive Reinforcement project. When A/B testing on Spanish Wikipedia, we found no significant impact on retention, but we found a significant positive impact on newcomer productivity. However, we concluded that the results weren’t positive enough to justify the time investment from Mentors. We plan to discuss this feature with our pilot wikis, and consider further improvements before scaling this feature further. Meanwhile, communities willing to test the feature can ask to have it deployed. ( T361763)
English donors encouraged to try editing
As in previous years, donors were directed to a Thank you page after donation ( example). However, this year we tested a new “Try editing Wikipedia,” call to action on the Thank You page. This call to action linked to a unique account creation page. From this account creation page we were able to track Registrations and Activation (editing for the first time). During the English banner campaign, the Donor Thank you page led to 4,398 new accounts, and 441 of those accounts went on to constructively edit within 24 hours. ( T352900)
Annual Plan
The Growth team and the Editing team will work on the WE1.2 Key Result in the coming fiscal year. We will start initial discussions with communities soon to help finalize our plans. ( T361657)
Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module
We plan to A/B test adding a new Community Configurable module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We are early in the planning phase of this project that will take place first at our pilot wikis and wikis volunteering. We welcome community feedback on initial designs and plans, in any language at our project talk page.
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18:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)