User talk:Tol/Archives/2022/09

Board of Trustees election

Thank you for supporting the NPP initiative to improve WMF support of the Page Curation tools. Another way you can help is by voting in the Board of Trustees election. The next Board composition might be giving attention to software development. The election closes on 6 September at 23:59 UTC. View candidate statement videos and Vote Here. MB 04:09, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from Niki Nihachu My Beloved (00:08, 5 September 2022)

hey, can I make a wikipedia page about my grampa coz he used to be a spy and has alot of interesting storys --Niki Nihachu My Beloved (talk) 00:08, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

@Niki Nihachu My Beloved, welcome to Wikipedia! I would encourage you to read our conflict of interest guideline and follow all of its suggestions. Because he's your grandfather, you would have a conflict of interest in this area, so I would advise you to avoid writing about him. However, if you have read the guideline I linked, and think that he is notable enough for an article and you can write neutrally about him, you can create a draft by using the article wizard. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 21:13, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Camilla, Queen Consort

Has HM The Queen Consort been moved to Camilla, Queen Consort? cookie monster 755 01:03, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

@CookieMonster755: Just done! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 02:40, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Ukraine Timeline

Considering no one has bothered to Oppose your split proposal, I'd say go for it. Great Mercian (talk) 08:20, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

@Great Mercian: alright; I'll tackle splitting it soon. Thanks. (Link for my reference: Timeline of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) Tol (talk | contribs) @ 03:32, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

About the Ukraine timelines

There are some really bad captialisation issues with the new articles, I'd really like you to fix them. Great Mercian (talk) 23:40, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@Great Mercian, where have you found capitalisation issues? Do you mean like this? I don't think this is a problem; as it's not a new sentence and not a proper name, I don't think it would need to be capitalised. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 01:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes I do mean that. It is a problem. Great Mercian (talk) 10:09, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Great Mercian, I don't think so — see, for example, guidelines by University of Sussex and Grammarly. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 19:02, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from Ibrahim idris dawud on What's Up Doc? (British TV series) (17:31, 25 September 2022)

Ibrahim idris dawud, also known as Ibrahim Abacha ( 1 March 1999 in nigeria bauchi state ) --Ibrahim idris dawud (talk) 17:31, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, @Ibrahim idris dawud, and welcome to Wikipedia! It's not clear what you're asking, but it appears it may be related to writing about yourself. Please note that you would have a conflict of interest in this situation, and writing about yourself is strongly discouraged. If you have any questions, please let me know! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 18:58, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm Ibrahim idris dawud

Allahamdulillah Ibrahim idris dawud (talk) 19:20, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ibrahim idris dawud, I still don't understand. What are you trying to ask? Tol (talk | contribs) @ 19:28, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Requests for TolBot - Task 8

We are having another NPP backlog drive in October. To that end, here are a few requests/questions:

1. I've created the leaderboard page. I hope this is ok.
2. Can a total row be added to the end of leaderboard table?
3. Will the bot automatically start once you set the start time? If not, one of us can remind you a couple of days before the drive starts.
4. We were looking for a way to show review streaks per week, and later award participants based on these. Something like:

Reviewer	Week1	Week2	Week3	Week4
Example	25	16	18	15

You can club this with the leaderboard table OR keep it as a separate section which we can transclude. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:46, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

@MPGuy2824: Sounds good!

1. That's fine; I don't mind!
2. Sure!
3. It should, but it has a habit of not doing so. I'll set a reminder to check that it started.
4. I'd need a bit more information about this. If you made me a mockup leaderboard on that page I could probably make the bot generate something like it.

Tol (talk | contribs) @ 03:08, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

1. Could you set the start time for the bot to be a day or two earlier than the drive starts. That way, seeing the hourly updates, all of us will be sure that the bot has started (even if all the scores are 0)
2. I had another request about adding the page curation log links next to the user's name. Added to the mock.
3. Thinking about how you would code the streak awards section, maybe it would be simpler if it is in a different table. I've mocked both versions up, please see which is simpler for you to do. Week 1 would be the total score for 1st to 7th, and so on. The last three days of the month are ignored.
4. Since the leaderboard page is already being transcluded on the drive page, I've put up my mockup here.

-MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:36, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

@MPGuy2824:

1. Sure.
2. That should be easy.
3. I'll review the code and get back to you on this tomorrow or over the weekend.
4. Thanks for the mockup; it was helpful!

I should have the code changed over the weekend, and do some testing then. Thanks for your work on this. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 18:57, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Unarchive

Please un-archive and respond to User talk:Tol/Archives/2022/08#Requests for TolBot - Task 8 -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:38, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done. The second example (one table) is easier; I've tweaked the code so that it generates that (it worked on my dry-run). I'll try a wet-run tomorrow (editing my sandbox). Tol (talk | contribs) @ 03:43, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Cool, you could use the current participant list (mostly coordinators) and the month of September, for your tests, if you want. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:48, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

@MPGuy2824: Sounds good; that's what I'll do. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 03:50, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Just so you know, I've been too busy to get to the wet-run today; I'll try again tomorrow. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 03:14, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Hey, no particular rush. I just thought that it might have slipped your mind. And the thread was out of your talk page, you'd not even have something to remind you about it. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:33, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

@MPGuy2824: Understood — thanks for the reminder! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 02:09, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@MPGuy2824, I've implemented all of the changes and done some live testing (see leaderboard). Does this look good to you? Tol (talk | contribs) @ 20:08, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Yup, it has all the stuff that we asked for. Thank you. I'll assume that you've tested out the code for the weekly section. @Zippybonzo and Buidhe: please check this. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:19, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes; everything's just zero now because the drive hasn't started. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 03:21, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Started

MPGuy2824, I've started the bot. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 19:06, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. Another request: Please change the week definitions to week1:day1-7, w2:d8-14, w3:d15-21, w4:d22-31. That way it won't have to change if the month has a different number of days, next time. I proposed it here, and Buidhe supports. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:17, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

@MPGuy2824:  Done! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 02:43, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from MOBXOJ (15:59, 28 September 2022)

Hello, I was wondering let's say for example I made an article about a town that isn't on Wikipedia, do I have to add a source, if there isn't any do, I just collect evidence of said town by myself? --MOBXOJ (talk) 15:59, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @MOBXOJ, and welcome to Wikipedia! Content in articles should be supported by references to reliable sources. Evidence you collected yourself would not be a reliable source (we have no way to confirm it); instead, you should look for sources that are independent, reliable, and published, such as news articles or government information. Please let me know if you have any further questions! Tol (talk | contribs) @ 18:07, 28 September 2022 (UTC)