Hello Bri, I just wanted to thank you for including my article on netzpolitik.org in the newest Signpost issue. I was hoping to be informative to the larger Wikipedia community, and for that I can't imagine a better way than to be included in the Signpost. You might also be interested in a few more Belarussian articles that have since been published on the topic: 1, 2 and 3. All the best, Zarasophos (talk) 15:56, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome, I didn't make the connection between the article author and the WP account name (though now I notice your domain posted at netzpolitik). It's good to say hello – did we perhaps meet in person at the Berlin Wikiconference in 2017? ☆ Bri (talk) 17:24, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Probably not, since I only started editing Wikipedia in 2018 and have only lived in Berlin briefly in summer 2019. But yes, indeed, good to say hello! I always read the Signpost anyway, but please feel free to let me know if there's any matter you think could profit from my attention. You know where you can find my mail.
And while I have your attention, let me quickly draw it toward a good old case of what I suspect to be COI editing at Kakuzi Limited, in itself rather limited but interesting, I think, because of the real-life backstory. @Smallbones: might also be interested - Zarasophos (talk) 23:01, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Signpost italics
Hi Bri, I reverted your edit adding italics to the Signpost's "From the Signpost team" feature because that broke the link. Feel free to tweak it, I'm fine with it being added if the link works afterwards. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper(he/him | talk) 02:55, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oh shoot, I should have tested it. Good revert. ☆ Bri (talk) 03:00, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I made some syntax errors, please I know it’s an epistle and it is quite daunting to go through but please re-read this and you would see I have corrected and adjusted the syntax construct in order to achieve utmost clarity. when I re-read it, I could completely understand why you thought I was referring to you, please I wasn’t referring to you Bri, I’m so sorry about that oversight on my part, you are a stellar editor & I respect you, I’m sorry for the mix up. I was referencing to the possible UPE editor named Kaizenify and not you. Apologies Bri you are a rare gem. Celestina007 (talk) 23:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon - April 22nd - 2PM EST
You're invited! NYC Earth Day 2022 Edit-a-thon! April 22nd!
This Edit-a-Thon is part of a larger Earth Day celebration, hosted by Brooklyn based recycling and community center Sure We Can, that runs from 1PM-7PM and is open to the public! See this flyer for more information: https://www.instagram.com/p/CcGr4FyuqEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Hi Bri! I was wondering if you could send over the list of eligible voters for an EiC selection process? I know it's somewhere in the archives but can't seem to find it. Thanks! 🐶 EpicPupper(he/him | talk) 01:51, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@EpicPupper: Check out recent article authors. You will have to choose how recent you want to go with it; I did create a summary under the heading "List of unique contributor bylines, 2020-2022". ☆ Bri (talk) 01:57, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
A barnstar for you!
420 Barnstar
Presented in honor of contributions toward WikiProject Cannabis'420 Collaboration. For article creation and organization of the 420 collab, and for stepping in with my DYK nom. Kingsif (talk) 00:00, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I've had some IRL good news, and other stuff, and have been using challenges to build up Wikipedia motivation again, so I didn't do as much in the collab this year as I would've liked (and didn't prioritise the DYK nom, despite wanting to get it through), but watching your dedicated updates has kept my faith in the project alive! Kingsif (talk) 00:00, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Kingsif: I really appreciate this recognition. Every year working on the 420 collab has been enjoyable and I'm glad you were part of it this time around. Sadly I also feel worn down by the DYK process lately and when I feel I'm not finding joy in an aspect of this volunteer activity I feel it's time to back off. The moving goalposts that resulted in five (!) proposed hooks and finally a demand to re-source the thing have just been unreasonable IMHO. ☆ Bri (talk) 04:02, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ha, though I can't say five hooks seems excessive for me (I nommed this today), I agree that the change this, then that, then... response was not the productive kind of DYK review I'd like to see. Kingsif (talk) 04:07, 3 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats Kingsif, it looks like your "underwear" DYK sailed through. Looking forward to seeing it on the front page! ☆ Bri (talk) 14:50, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In the Seattle area?
We are resumingSeattle monthly meetupsonTuesday, May 17, 2022, 5:45pm to 7:45pm at the Distant Worlds Coffeehouse. For the address and to RSVP, please clickhere.
The creator of the draft has properly declared a COI here and here. I'll keep an eye on the draft but it's hard to make a presumption of COI stick in the case of any reviewers. Also the second editor you referenced has been around here for about as long as I have, they don't look like they are likely to be also paid. I'm not sure what makes you think they are connected to the creator? ☆ Bri (talk) 14:47, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not saying that he is probaly get paid (although this could be the case), but I'm arguying: 1. There is curcumstancial evidence that he asked reviewing permission for this reason. 2. There is a highly probability that they know each other, this a prevalence practice in the Hebrew Wiki and in Israel altogether: "please help I need a favor" (maybe in the social media) and this is a good human practice, but a bad wikipedia one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:14F:1FE:BA90:0:0:5301:D77F (talk) 15:35, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I'm not going to go further with this; "they both probably speak Hebrew" is kind of an offensive thing to bring up as an accusation. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:00, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This I didn't say and didn't mean. The movie deserve an entry and its written reasonably, but I'm guessing now Tomer is going to approve all the drafts of his colleagues from Hebrew Wiki, regardless their quality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:14F:81:B817:0:0:0:1 (talk) 19:45, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
New Page Review queue March 2022
Hello Bri,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 721 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 1041 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. Sent 05:17, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
DateCountdown
Hi Bri - I know you're on wikibreak, so no rush. Is there any reason why User:Bri/DateCountdown is hard-coded to use 23:49 as the time? Also, would you be opposed to changing the link on there to use ZoneStamp (OSS, hosted on Toolforge)? It uses Unix timestamps and I think this would work to generate a link: [[toolforge:zonestamp/Error: Invalid time.]]. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper(he/him | talk) 20:02, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@EpicPupper: All I can tell you is that the editor who did extensive rewriting of the logic in that template left a terse comment when they added a link to an off-site time zone calculator with the 23:49 time included in the URL [1]. I suppose it didn't handle 00:00 correctly or it was ambiguous? I should note that that editor has not been interested in maintaining a relationship with The Signpost. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:49, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bri: Noting that Headbomb has expressed their wish to continue working with The Signpost. Thank you for the information. 🐶 EpicPupper(he/him | talk) 17:25, 31 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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