Blaze Wolf

Note: Please check the above template for what time it is in my location before sending a message as I may be asleep.

Note 2: When it is April fool's day, DO NOT TROUT ME as an April Fool's joke. In the past I had a trout button which I removed due to persistent abuse of it. If you trout me on April Fool's Day I will revert you and ask that you do not do it again.

Note 3: Any comments here regarding a vandal or from a blocked user that I was WP:AGF will be archived once I ensure there is nothing left to say per WP:DENY.

Note 4: If I remove your comment and you add it back, I will revert you and warn you for doing so. If you do it again after that then I will report you for harassment. This crap has gone on for way too long and I've become less and less tolerant of it. Removing comments from my own talk page is perfectly allowable per WP:OWNTALK.

Update!

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I last provided an update on what's going on. So, here's a quick update on my life and account. I still have work so I'm still not going to be nearly as active as I used to be, however I will try and maintain a somewhat regular activeness here on Wikipedia. I do have a mobile device but uh, mobile editing sucks so I probably will only use it for small edits rather than big ones. I'm not sure how active I'll be so for now I'm keeping my mentor status as away. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{blaze__wolf} 19:54, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Good to see you back around. 74.73.224.126 (talk) 20:31, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi Wolf. I'll add a reference to the story on James Dyson and repost. Didn't realise that everything needs a reference.

YieldLondon (talk) 20:31, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from GeorgieL (19:17, 18 April 2024)

Hi Blaze! I'm still very new here. I have created my first article in my sandbox . . . how does it get published from there? Is there another step I need to take? --GeorgieL (talk) 19:17, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @GeorgieL: By putting {{subst:submit}} at the top of the draft. However, I must warn you, skimming through it seems to read somewhat "unencyclopediacly." In particular, the title seems like the title of an essay, and you could add more links to other pages. The help page Help:Your first article has some tips on improving as well. Thanks! Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 03:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from ~ThIcFaMa~ (16:27, 22 April 2024)

Hello mentor! I'm new to all this and, during registering, took the survey that would suggest the articles that I could edit to help out Wikipedia...Can I take that again to change what it recommends? I don't think I like what I chose.

Cheers! --~ThIcFaMa~ (talk) 16:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

I figured it out myself, sorry! ~ThIcFaMa~ (talk)ThIcFaMa~ThIcFaMa~ (talk) ~ThIcFaMa~ (talk) 17:14, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

New account claiming to be you

Hi! I have recently received a message on my talk page from a user who is claiming to be you and has threatened to ban me for warning them about attempting to make an unconstructive edit. I highly doubt that this is you, as I have explained in my response to them, but I just want to confirm this with you. QwertyForest (talk) 18:53, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @QwertyForest: Yeah, that's not Blaze. Blaze does have an alternative account Blaze Fire Wolf though. Rusty4321 ^{talk contribs} 19:59, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah that's not me. My only alt account is Blaze Fire Wolf as Rusty said above. (I'm also not an admin) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{blaze__wolf} 11:28, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Probably an LTA, but blocked as VOA.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Probably was an LTA as I've never interacted with the user before. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{blaze__wolf} 13:05, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-17

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Recent changes

• Starting this week, newcomers editing Wikipedia will be encouraged to try structured tasks. Structured tasks have been shown to improve newcomer activation and retention. [1]
• You can nominate your favorite tools for the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award. Nominations will be open until May 10.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 April. It will be on all wikis from 25 April (calendar). [2][3]

Future changes

• This is the last warning that by the end of May 2024 the Vector 2022 skin will no longer share site and user scripts/styles with old Vector. For user-scripts that you want to keep using on Vector 2022, copy the contents of Special:MyPage/vector.js to Special:MyPage/vector-2022.js. There are more technical details available. Interface administrators who foresee this leading to lots of technical support questions may wish to send a mass message to your community, as was done on French Wikipedia. [4]

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Growth News, April 2024

The Growth team will now send quarterly reports to keep you in the loop. Growth team weekly updates are available on wiki (in English) if you want to know more about our day-to-day work.

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Community Configuration

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.

Experiment Results

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:

• The likelihood that mobile web newcomers make their first article edit (+17.0% over baseline)
• The likelihood that they are retained as newcomers (+24.3% over baseline)
• The number of edits they make during their first two weeks on the wiki (+21.8% over baseline)
• A lower probability of the newcomers' edits will be reverted (-3.3% over baseline).

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)

Future work

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)

Question from Watershed PI (19:55, 23 April 2024)

Hi! How do I help best correct an existing article, known to be incomplete and have some errors? --Watershed PI (talk) 19:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)