Wikibooks:Reading room/Administrative Assistance/Archives/2012/May

Proposal to upgrade Reader Feedback -> Article Feedback
The proposal itself is not a game changer by due to the general impact that the change may have and the information presented on the discussion there should be a broader call for participation regarding the Reader Feedback to Article Feedback Upgrade Proposal. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 00:34, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Commons Delinker
Please take special care in reviewing / accepting Commons Delinker changes. I reverted one yesterday after what appeared to be a valid image was deleted at Commons (incorrectly) and restored later by a different admin. It seems that the Delinker will continue to unlink images that were queued for deletion at Commons even if the deletion was subsequently undone. There's a thread for the latest issue here at Commons. QU TalkQu 07:12, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

orphaned fair use use images
Just curious: At the moment I tagging orphaned fair use images with delete after a check if they were accidentally (vandalism) removed. Is that the correct way? Or should this be done by using anything similar to Twinkles "di" option at enwp? Should the author be informed? I couldn't find any relevant template/tool. mabdul 12:42, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Just adding is fine. It'll probably take seven days or more for an admin to turn up and delete them anyway... Notifying the uploader is usually unnecessary too as most of them are long departed. QU TalkQu 14:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Although you are correct that many contributors are departed, many might have turned on the email notification (which is on as default) and thus get an email after a changed talk page. Actually I got some luck with some editors and got the issues fixed through these email notifications at enwp. mabdul 14:20, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I haven't got any hard facts but my impression is that most of the "bad" images are the result of contributors who joined to complete a class project, hence why they then seem to vanish. You may get decent results via email but I suspect it'll be less successful than at en.wp QU TalkQu 18:41, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Add a book
Dose any one know who to write a new book? Because I want to write one


 * See Help:Starting a new page or book. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 15:28, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Please consider writing a book in your native language on the appropriate project rather than here in English. Your English isn't really good enough - nearly every change you've made here has been rejected or heavily edited to fix it. I think writing a whole book in English is probably beyond your current language skills. QU TalkQu 18:36, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Andyzen
This non-SUL account (sulutil:Andyzen) has been used to spam on mediawiki.org and it tried to spam on this project as well, see Special:AbuseLog/5749. Please consider blocking it. Mathonius (discuss • contribs) 08:50, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes_check.svg Done. I'm happy about creating that filter, as it preemptively catches a lot of spam. – Adrignola discuss 20:08, 30 May 2012 (UTC)