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Before adding sections to the main country articles best to read over User talk:Mll mitch#Water supply and sanitation copy/paste for an overview of the concerns raised. A few people have talked about this a think that WP:UNDUE may apply and have asked that any further additions of this nature be talked about first. -- Moxy (talk) 04:54, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
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I think that making the point that non Muslim nations in South Asia use water to wash after using the toilet is a good point. Do you have any information on the nations other than India and Pakistan? I've spent a long time in Asia (but not South Asia) and it seems very common in a lot of nations, irrespective of wealth and/or westernization. Spacecowboy420 (talk) 06:30, 2 December 2015 (UTC)
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The thing is, I'm stuck! I have twice submitted this content (menstrual management) and more, as a new page, and had it refused on the grounds that it is already/should be in "menstruation". I'm really delighted that you've recommended keeping my edits to "menstruation" for now. Thank you! Happy to create a new page, but how to get past the reviewers? I can't choose who reviews! ZanGran (talk) 14:02, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
Pointing out to the discussion in [1]. Hope to see you join in :) Anthere (talk)
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Please do read WP:MEDMOS btw. Jytdog (talk) 09:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
My experience with the articles on fertilizers and related topics is that much advocacy is written into these articles from an aspirational perspective vs reporting facts. Many of these articles have claims of wonderment and green-ness that does not match the record, even if they do paint an idyllic picture. Also, these types of articles often tend to report anecdotal claims vs broad informational sources, i.e. books by scientists vs reportage by hippies. Good luck with these articles.--Smokefoot (talk) 14:36, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
Have you seen this? "Life where I'm from" is a video project by a Canadian dad living in Japan, and one subject was Bathrooms where I'm from. It's meant for kids, but it's fun to watch. Several examples from India, for example. Carbon Caryatid (talk) 11:43, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
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Thank you for catching the punctuation error in subject article; but, after waiting more than a year for a reference citation, we really need to delete this statement unless you can provide a reference citation. Thewellman (talk) 00:01, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
I noticed that you recently had a problem wherein RHaworth treated you rather rudely by deleting a page you created with absolutely no warning. I also had a recent experience with him wherein he completely deleted my user page (which I created 10 years ago) with no warning. Although I've been editing Wikipedia here and there for many years, I really don't have much experience other then that, including with moderators. My questions are:
1. Is that pretty normal for moderators to just go around deleting things that aren't obviously vandalism? 2. Aren't there rules for how moderators are required treat other users respectfully (e.g. not arbitrarily destroying their hard work, when it's obviously not vandalism)? 3. Is there an effective method of filing a complaint that will ultimately change their behavior?
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In a 60 second peek into Wikipedia a few days ago, I believe that I saw my name mentioned in one of your talk page posts but I didn't have time to either register the topic or reply. With slightly more time, I have tried to find it without success. My notifications show no record of having received a ping, so either I saw it whilst asleep (certainly possible!), or you deleted it, or I am useless at searching. However, if the mention is there, I would be happy to reply if you could point me in the right direction. If it was in my sleep, please do delete this whole thread to save me from further embarrassment ! Regards Velella Velella Talk 11:09, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your question about running an editathon. You asked for advice.
You figured out the dashboard, which I think is essential for taking attendance and tracking outcomes. There is no solution for managing groups which is effective as this, and even though this tool is new, I think it works great. You seem set up for this. The most insightful further advice that I can give you is my perspective that advice does not exist on these matters. There are some groups which organize editathons, but overall, there has not been any community discussion about best practices and no one has described essential things which must be done. I supposed that I could also recommend the training inside the dashboard. If anyone offers virtual training, then I think that is the best option. Good luck with your event. Although I cannot advise directly, if you want to talk by phone/video/email/wiki about events, then message me again. I live in New York and we do about 100 events a year, so even if it is a little disorganized we do have some experience. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:37, 6 March 2017 (UTC) |
thanks for your reply, User:Bluerasberry. Yes, I would like to talk more with you about this, in particular how you advertise your events and how you evaluate them. E.g. we are thinking of doing also translation work but worry that this would not be captured in the Outreach Dashboard. What's the best way to communicate with each other, how about e-mail - Special:EmailUser/EvMsmile?EvMsmile (talk) 14:02, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
HiUser:Bluerasberry, thanks for your advice per video call the other day. I am so glad that the Outreach Dashboard records activities across all the different language Wikipedias. I have four more questions about the outreach dashboard if I may (this one). (1) I recently changed my Wikipedia user name from EvMsmile to EMsmile; in Outreach Dashboard it still shows my old user name - is that a problem? If yes, would it be easy to change it in Dasboard? (2) One of the participants asked me recently what the passcode is for? From their end they see **** where I see the passcode. I have never used the passcode for anything? (3) Where it says "Campaigns: Miscellanea" - is this something that I should change or worry about? . (4) Another observation: It counts "words added". I have told my participants to also look for ways to improve readability. This may involve shortening of sentences, i.e. words reduced. Does that get subtracted from Words added (even though it is a good thing)? I suppose it would still increase the figure for "edits". EMsmile (talk) 11:13, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
While I'd agree that most of the external links you removed were unnecessary, the UK Charity Commission is a government regulator for charities, and its website includes copies of the charity's constitution and accounts - a very appropriate external link for any registered UK charity, as providing access to a large amount of extra, highly reliable, information on the charity. I've reinstated that link. PamD 15:51, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi - I appreciate your efforts to post more wastewater photos. There are quite a few such photos available on Commons; however they have been categorized in various ways, which may make them hard to find. I have just categorized a lot of U.S. "Water pollution" photos. See the subcategories under https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Water_pollution_in_the_United_States_by_state. Some of these are older photos (from the 1970s) but many are quite sharp; they may need to be color-corrected before using them on an article page.
The Commons categories "wastewater", "water pollution" etc. need to be organized a bit with additional super- or sub-categories, cross-references, etc., so that we can find them all. Cheers, Moreau1 (talk) 21:17, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your note, [[User:Moreau1]. I have never really been able to get my head around these categories... When I search on Wikimedia Commons, I would prefer if if the one search was to search across all categories, but this doesn't seem to be the case? E.g. when I search for photos on flickr, it goes across all albums, I don't have to look into the individual albums. Here on Wikimedia Commons though, it brought up categories and then I had to click on those which is a hassle. I would rather just see all photos that have the word "wastewater" in the title or in the description. I don't think it helps that much to have loads of separate categories and sub-categories. If the photos themselves are clearly labelled and described then I don't need categories when I am searching. EMsmile (talk) 14:45, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for the links! (And the welcome) I'm trying to learn about editing on Wikipedia as quickly as I can, and this is so useful. I'll keep an eye out for the World Toilet Day edit-a-thon. Marga at IWAP (talk) 15:50, 16 August 2017 (UTC) |
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Do you have any suggestions on how to improve the page IRC(WASH)? Up to now there are three problems: relying too much on major sources, not up to notability standard (really?) and not neutral enough. Since you are a true expert editor in WASH-related topics, I would be more than happy if you could spare some time checking this page out and help me with making this page better! Thanks* 10000 times! Faithfully, --Dannyboi886 (talk) 09:14, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks User:EMsmile! Actually it is ME who put the delete template up.I created IRC(WASH) but it turns out there are just too many things to be modified before it should be open to the public. (So I deleted most of my edits, see history page). And hopefully this page shall be deleted within a couple of days, I will come back to you after I have sorted all the information out. Peace out! Yours, --Dannyboi886 (talk) 12:24, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
I responded to your comment in the Talk section of the Phosphorus article. Also reverted having Dietary Recommendations and Food sources being subtitled to Deficiency. Trying to establish a consistent style for minerals that are essential nutrients. David notMD (talk) 12:42, 26 September 2017 (UTC)
I used my sandbox to assemble a draft merge for discussion and editing in response to your suggestion that I "...have a go at it." In response to your nudge on my talk page, I was hoping all interested parties might edit or express satisfaction with the draft before we implemented the merge. We don't seem to have heard from the editors of the treatment pond article KVDPorSoCalYooper, but please feel free to cut and paste the merge if you think their lack of response indicates satisfaction or disinterest. Thewellman (talk) 16:07, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
Hi EMsmile! Thanks for your edit to the figure caption of the illustration "Hand disinfection" in the article "Hand washing". Personally, I don't mind if the DIN EN 1500 is mentioned or not. I just wanted to draw the attention to the following: AFAIK, the DIN EN 1500 was originally not intended for describing everyday hand disinfection, e.g. by health care professionals. It was developed to describe a standardized procedure for testing of hand disinfectants. Testers were required to adhere to this procedure so that the results (e.g. remaining bacteria on hands) could be compared between different suppliers. The DIN EN 1500 then became an almost standard in hand disinfection in German hospitals, although it was never developed to this end. By mentioning the DIN EN 1500 below the illustration, I wanted to give a hint to the source of this procedure, so that the reader could find the origin if they wanted to. Unfortunately I couldn't find a link to the original text of the DIN that is freely available (seems that this DIN text has to be bought). What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guido4 (talk • contribs) 17:09, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
Du schreibst auf Englisch viel besser als ich auf Deutsch schreibe. Dein technisches Englisch ist fast perfekt. Ihre Bearbeitung ist verwirrend.
Sie scheinen meine Kommentare zu ignorieren. Vielleicht verstehst du das nicht. Wie kann ich unsere Kommunikation verbessern? Thewellman (talk) 20:56, 3 November 2017 (UTC)
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From here: Sorry I let that conversation go but I had some other things to work on, one of which is List of air rage incidents, which starts off (well, almost) with the United 976 incident (given that it's still regarded as one of the worst cases of air rage ever, I think it could support a standalone article. But I should probably save that for the 25th anniversary in 2020).
It also occurs to me in this, uh, vein, that there's another topic that could go under Category:DefecationorCategory:Feces that might not readily occur to people but would support a standalone article: excremental assault, the term created by Holocaust scholar Terrence des Pres for what seemed to him to have been a deliberate policy on the Nazis' part of surrounding the death-camp inmates with mud and shit as a way of undermining their dignity before killing them (here are other references to it. I remember in that vein Charlotte Delbo writing that the, uh, bouquet of Auschwitz was equal parts burning flesh, rotting flesh and excrement. Perhaps next year to have a DYK for Holocaust Remembrance Day ...
I suppose with this much in mind I may at some point accept your invitation and join WP:SANITATION. Daniel Case (talk) 03:17, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
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Dear EMsmile, thank you for getting the ball rolling on this. It was a real eye-sore, and now it is a proper article once more. Thanks again. – Sampa (talk) 21:33, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
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Hi, I rearranged your recent additions at Talk:Global warming in accord with the TPG section on layout. The moves are explained in the edit summaries and/or reply comments. I did not change any of your text. If you don't know, section headings do not belong to anyone, and anyone can change them if they have a good reason. Also, FYI, I broke one of your multiple topic paragraphs into different sections per TPG and when I did that I copy/pasted your signature and timestamp to each part so we can keep an orderly discussion. I hope this hasn't been too much irritation and I'm trying to be a help, not a jerk. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 12:28, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
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