Jeff G.

Hello Jeff G., and welcome to the Outreach Wiki! This wiki serves as a collective knowledge and collaboration space used by the outreach team and members of the volunteer community. Here are a couple of links that serve as good places to start your journey:

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If you have questions, feel free to visit the Village pump or to ask me any questions you may have on my talk page. Happy editing!   — Jeff G. ツ 04:56, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Please explain these revision deletions

Hi Jeff, why did you revdel these diffs? The problem was adequately addressed by User:Koavf, and I do not understand why you used revision deletion in this manner.

• https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia:Village_pump&diff=189286&oldid=189123&diffmode=source
• https://outreach.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia:Village_pump&diff=189289&oldid=189286&diffmode=source

Thank you, --Pine^✉ 20:59, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pine: I'm sorry, I was following en:WP:DENY regarding the summaries. If you don't want me to, I won't.   — Jeff G. ツ 00:24, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jeff, thank you for the explanation. I believe that the correct action in this case if we apply en:WP:DENY was "Quietly revert or blank", which Koavf did. Revision deletion is often unnecessary for routine vandalism, and the English Wikipedia policy sets a somewhat high standard for the use of revision deletion, stating "Especially, RevisionDelete does not exist to remove "ordinary" offensive comments and incivility, or unwise choices of wording between users, nor to redact block log entries." I would like to request that you read the whole of that policy page. If, after you read that page, you continue to believe that there is a reason to leave those edits revdeled then please comment here. (I can make mistakes too.) Otherwise, please restore the revdeled edit but leave it blanked, as Koavf did. Thank you. --Pine^✉ 04:18, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pine: I restored my change in the second link, thanks for your patience.   — Jeff G. ツ 04:13, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jeff. Is there a reason not to restore the diff in the first link also? With routine vanadlism I think that there is no need for it to be revdeled. I think that reverting the edit, as Koavf did, is sufficient. --Pine^✉ 20:35, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pine: I didn't touch that one.   — Jeff G. ツ 23:31, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought that you were the person who deleted that one. Koavf, I think that first diff should be undeleted, per my points earlier in this discussion with Jeff. What do you think? --Pine^✉ 23:34, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pine: I could but I am a fan of w:en:WP:DENY for things like purely disruptive attention-seeking. There's no point in retaining the history for attribution, it adds nothing to the community, etc. If you really want me to undelete, I can. Undelete the name? Content? Edit summary? Koavf (talk) 23:36, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi Koavf, my reading of the English Wikipedia revdel policy is that routine vandalism should not be revdeled, so I would undelete all of the above but leave content blanked. We are not obligated to go by ENWP policy on Outreach wiki, but I am inclined not to reinvent the wheel. --Pine^✉ 23:43, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pine: Since both Jeff and I as admins feel like DENY is a relevant policy here, I'm disinclined to rescind it. Happy to have a conversation with the admins or community at large if you initiate. Koavf (talk) 00:32, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pine, Koavf: See also en:WP:LTA/BMX.   — Jeff G. ツ 13:27, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Koavf: OK, for the present moment I will accept the revdel. I think that what would be better is for me to raise the general question on English Wikipedia of whether under ENWP's revdel policy deleting typical vandalism is acceptable. After ENWP comes to a conclusion then we can reconsider the issue here, if we want. --Pine^✉ 20:27, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: good catch on the LTA. I would have missed that. I don't think that the LTA case influences how I would use revdel here, but that's good to know if we start to see a pattern that seems consistent with that LTA's pattern, because we might want to involve a steward to request a use of Checkuser to look for socks and consider rangeblocks. --Pine^✉ 20:27, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pine: Thanks. This LTA is no typical vandal. It has been annoying me and others for a long time. The LTA page reflects our long experience and best practices regarding that individual and any imitators.   — Jeff G. ツ 17:43, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Possible removal of user rights

Per this Village pump thread and our Wikimedia:Inactivity policy, you are subject to having your advanced user rights removed. If you are interested in keeping them, you must respond here within 30 days using {{Ping|Koavf}} and explain that you'd like to keep them. If the rights are removed and you want to get them back later, you will have to lodge a formal request. Thank you. Koavf (talk) 07:46, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

@Koavf: Thanks for the notices. I would like to keep the rights.   — Jeff G. ツ 10:00, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users

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Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:18, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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re: You as an admin will still be able to access the IP

There are some admins on wikimedia projects that I as a blocked-wikipedian do not trust. How will I be able to exclude Wikimedia-projects based on who has admin rights on that project?

Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 14:31, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

This relates to unregistered users. Nothing will change in who has access to information about logged-in users. Johan (WMF) (talk) 22:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Bookshelf videos

Hi Jeff G.,

What a small world, so you are an administrator here!

You may remember me from your talkpage on commons where I posted a question to you about a month ago. To my surprise you responded rather rudely, at least this how I interpreted your response, and I reacted accordingly, something I rarely do. I usually just move on and try to remember to stop interacting those who I view as unpleasant, when a user is not someone I have to interact with to accomplish something.

I was trying to listen to the video on the Bookshelf for beginners about WD. I started watching this video thinking it may be suitable to post as a reference at a discussion taking place on the VP at the ENWQ. I listened (with some difficulty trying to adjust the volume and missed the beginning of the video while I was fiddling with the different controls. When I thought I had everything setup just right, I stopped the video and tried to start again from the beginning but just could not do it.

Can you tell me where is the proper place on this wiki to ask questions about this?

Thanks in advance and my apologies for using language and/or acronyms which may or may not be standard in wiki-land, Ottawahitech (talk) 17:01, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

@Ottawahitech Do you have the same issue with the same file where it is hosted (maybe on Commons?) If so, you could ask at c:COM:Talk:Video. What is the video's filename, maybe I can try? FYI, our previous discussion is archived at c:User talk:Jeff G./Archives/2023/November#A discussion page for photography-newbies/wannabe-contributors? and you can find a bunch of crosswiki abbreviations in the wikitext at c:User:Jeff G./Project Matrix and w:User:Jeff G./Project Matrix.   — Jeff G. ツ 01:41, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for supplying the various links. They will come in handy one day, I hope. Ottawahitech (talk) 20:42, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Just to let you know you were mentioned at here Ottawahitech (talk) 16:21, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

@Ottawahitech: Thanks for letting me know.   — Jeff G. ツ 16:28, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

CNN gallery image

Hi Jeff G., I was watching the news on CNN and noticed what looked like a gallery of a dozen or so images of people. The caption said something about trumps possible (controversial) appointments. Being the Wikimedia-addict that I am I was immediately struck by the thought that this particular gallery would make a great addition to commons.

Of course we cannot use the CNN version directly because of copyright laws, but wouldn't it be easier to simply plagiarize CNN's idea and build our own similar gallery? What do you think?

I hope you don't mind me asking you this here at outreach? Cheers, Ottawahitech (talk) 14:16, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi again, Since you have not responded yet I assume you will not mind if I ask someone else? cheers, Ottawahitech (talk) 15:26, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

@Ottawahitech: Anyone can make an in-scope gallery with images already uploaded and therefore available for use. Galleries are hardly new concepts. Of course, policies and guidelines permitting. Sorry for the delay.   — Jeff G. ツ 17:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, Jeff G., I Guess for someone who participates in commons regularly, building a gallery is a piece of cake. Not for me though, I have no clue even where to start. BTW I noticed that CNN's gallery has expanded and now contains lots more people than it did when I first started this thread. Ottawahitech (talk) 18:59, 28 November 2024 (UTC)