User talk:MediaKyle

Your good article nomination of the article Charles Bruce Fergusson has been placed on hold, as the article needs some changes. See the review page for more information. If these are addressed within 7 days, the nomination will pass; otherwise, it may fail. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of AllWeKnowOfHeaven -- AllWeKnowOfHeaven (talk) 07:01, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

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Your good article nomination of the article Charles Bruce Fergusson has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Please also consider reviewing somebody else's nomination to help keep the backlog down. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of AllWeKnowOfHeaven -- AllWeKnowOfHeaven (talk) 19:31, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I came from the Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada requests page again. I am currently in the process of editing Draft:Coal River Springs Territorial Park. Would it be possible to have it looked over? I did my best with what sources I had at hand at this time. I will move it into the mainspace once this passes. I appreciate your cooperation. InvisPerson5009 (talk) 19:59, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@InvisPerson5009, looks great! Thanks for writing this article. You can feel free to move it to mainspace whenever you like, I'd say it's already suitable for publishing. I'll add categories to it for you once you do. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 20:08, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, I was just concerned about missing sections (expansion needed). I believe it is alright if I leave it up to the other editors. Please let me know if this is incorrect. InvisPerson5009 (talk) 20:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Absolutely, no problem. Ultimately, everything on Wikipedia is a work in progress. I myself spend a lot more time on some articles than others -- for example, I created both Joy Laking and Raymond B. Blake, at two very different stages of development. I'm sure this article about the park could do with some more information but if you're fine with what you have there then that's just as well. The most important thing is that you have a solid start with good sources. MediaKyle (talk) 20:13, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Understood. Article is being moved to the mainspace. Thank you again for highlighting any problems with my contributions. InvisPerson5009 (talk) 20:15, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi MediaKyle, I'm writing to you regarding Draft:Guidde, a page that I created that you recently declined. I have tried my best to make the article neutral as per your advice. I would appreciate if you can have another look at the page and offer any advice regarding submission. Thank you so much. Bargedinmyroom (talk) 15:58, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing that date for the Nova Scotia Museum closures! Dan Conlin (talk) 21:38, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

@Dan Conlin: No problem, thank you for updating those articles. I'm personally quite devastated by these budget cuts and I haven't been able to bring myself to write about it... I'm glad you stepped in to make the updates. On a lighter note, have you seen my article about Gus? You might get a kick out of it. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 21:49, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello MediaKyle, Thank you for your response to my Reward Board posting, for the scammer warning, and for your generous proposal to redirect the reward to Nova Scotian arts organisations facing funding cuts. That suits me well and I am happy to proceed on those terms. Please send me the name of your preferred organisation and the payment details when we are ready to conclude — I will send the $450 USD via WISE upon completion. I have reviewed your contributions and your track record in Canadian literature is exactly what this article requires. I am glad my posting caught your attention. I have a detailed revision brief already prepared as a Word document. It specifies every proposed change, the rationale for each, the supporting citations, and the sections where restraint is required pending independent third-party sourcing. The brief includes full citations and source notes for all international elements — awards, publishers, critical reception — so no independent research on Southeast Asian context will be required on your part. I understand you will apply your own editorial judgment and Wikipedia's standards throughout — the brief is a guide, not a directive. Your independence as an editor is precisely what makes this work. The brief also includes two supplementary additions I wish to flag clearly: First, immediately following the bibliography entry for The Client That Wasn't There (Heaven Lake Press, March 2026), I would like a single placeholder sentence added: "In 2026, Moore initiated the AI Roundtable, a project in which multiple AI systems were invited to produce literary analyses of The Client That Wasn't There. Further information is available at ai-roundtable.space." No further claims beyond that sentence — I understand independent third-party sourcing is required before the section can be expanded. Second, I would like a dedicated External links section created at the bottom of the article if one does not currently exist, incorporating the following videos. I defer entirely to your editorial judgment on which entries meet WP:ELYES criteria: · 34 Years Living in Thailand — Thairish Times interview (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tQ0r9spV0 · The Big Weird World of Christopher G. Moore — documentary on Moore's Bangkok writing life (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLdhVPMuqg — already cited as footnote 4 in the current article · The Impatient Artist — Moore and artist Peter Klashorst on creativity (Vimeo): https://vimeo.com/193496316 — already cited as footnote 9 · Artificial Awareness: How Your Rooms Are Domesticating You — feature on the non-fiction book Rooms (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgptjcZk6LE The single most time-sensitive correction in the brief is the removal of the claim that District #3 (2024) was "the last in the series." The Client That Wasn't There was published March 2026 and that claim is now a live factual error on a BLP. I would consider the work complete when all changes from the brief that meet Wikipedia's standards have been implemented and the article has been stable for 48 hours without community reversion. "Please contact me via Wikipedia's email system at Special:EmailUser/CGMoore2026 and I will reply immediately with the revision brief as an attachment. Alternatively if you prefer to share your own email address here, that works equally well." Thank you again. This was an unexpected and very welcome response from a fellow Canadian who is following the same path of gratitude and generosity. CGMoore2026 (talk) CGMoore2026 (talk) 03:13, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello MediaKyle, I am Christopher G. Moore, the Canadian crime novelist. I posted the Christopher G. Moore BLP update on the Wikipedia Reward Board and I am writing to formally accept your offer to undertake the revision. I have reviewed your contributions and your work on Canadian writers and Nova Scotian literature is exactly the expertise this article needs. I am glad to be working with you. Scope of work The revision covers the following: One — Remove the phrase describing District #3 as "the last in the series." It is not the last. A new novel, The Client That Wasn't There, was published by Heaven Lake Press in March 2026. Two — Update the novel count. The article currently says "twenty-seven novels." The correct figure is more than thirty. Three — Add The Client That Wasn't There to the bibliography. Publisher: Heaven Lake Press. Date: March 2026. Four — Add a Biography section. The article currently has no dedicated Biography section, which is a significant WP:BIO gap for a novelist of this standing. Five — Add a dedicated Awards section. Awards are currently buried in running prose. Six — Add a dedicated Critical Reception section, properly structured and sourced. Seven — Add appropriate Wikipedia categories currently missing from the article. Eight — Add a single placeholder sentence about the AI Roundtable project, to appear after The Client That Wasn't There in the bibliography. The sentence should read exactly: "In 2026, Moore initiated the AI Roundtable, a project in which multiple AI systems were invited to produce literary analyses of The Client That Wasn't There." No expansion beyond this sentence. The project does not yet have independent third-party press coverage sufficient for further Wikipedia treatment. Nine — Add an External Links section containing the following four videos, subject to your editorial judgment on WP:ELYES compliance: Thairish Times interview — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9tQ0r9spV0 The Big Weird World of Christopher G. Moore — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLdhVPMuqg The Impatient Artist (Moore and Peter Klashorst on creativity) — https://vimeo.com/193496316 Artificial Awareness: How Your Rooms Are Domesticating You — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgptjcZk6LE If any of these do not meet WP:ELYES standards in your judgment, please exclude them without hesitation. Ten — Monitor the article for 48 hours after publication and handle any community challenges or reverts that arise. That 48-hour stability window is part of the agreed scope. Supporting document I have prepared a full revision brief as a Word document with all changes marked. I will send it to you by email as soon as you provide a contact address. Please contact me via Wikipedia's internal email system at Special:EmailUser/CGMoore2026 and I will reply immediately with the revision brief as an attachment. Payment The agreed fee is $450 USD. Per your preference, this will be paid via WISE as a donation to a Nova Scotian arts organisation of your choice upon satisfactory completion of the work. Completion is defined as all agreed changes implemented and the article stable for 48 hours without reversion. Disclosure For the record, I am the subject of the article. My paid editing engagement with you is disclosed on my user page CGMoore2026 in compliance with WP:PAID. I look forward to working with you. Best wishes, Christopher CGMoore2026 (talk) 03:27, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out, I've just sent you an email. Once I receive your brief I'll give it a go. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 11:03, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on February 27. Please help translate.

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Highlights

• Supporting readers: For most of its history, Wikipedia did not have to worry about attracting readers. But with the way people search for information changing, there is a drop in the number of readers which is impacting the number of accounts created and contributions to our sites. Have a look at some of the ongoing and planned work to support reader experience.
• Server switch: All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 25 at 15:00 UTC. This is for the datacenter server switchover backup tests, which happen twice a year.
• Tools improvement: The PTAC Unsupported Tools Working Group continued improvements to Video2Commons in February, with fixes addressing authentication errors, large-file handling, task queue visibility, and clearer upload behavior. Work is still ongoing in some areas, including changes related to deprecated server-side uploads.
• Wikipedia 25 Grants: The celebration continues! The Wikimedia Foundation offers Wikipedia 25 Birthday Funds to communities planning Wikipedia’s 25th birthday events with funding between USD 1,000–2,000. Apply before March 31.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Readers · Research · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

• Experiments: The Foundation is frequently conducting experiments to help learn what features will be most effective and valuable to the projects. The list of experiments in Product and Technology, tracks upcoming, live, in-analysis, and completed experiments as well as their rationale. For example, the tracker shares that one upcoming experiment, Reader to Contributor Baseline, will measure how many readers create contributor accounts and whether the rate differs depending on how people arrived to the site.
• Article guidance: Help less experienced editors by filling out a questionnaire on this page (available in 7 languages). The Foundation are looking particularly for experienced Wikipedia editors from these pilot wikis. Your answers will help customize guidance for less experienced editors while creating an article.
• Wikifunctions: You can now create Functions that will show a citation in their output.
• Editing feature: Suggestion Mode is available as a beta feature within the visual editor at all Wikipedias. This feature proactively suggests various types of actions that people can consider taking to improve Wikipedia articles, and learn about related guidelines.
• Paste Check: Paste Check is now available at all Wikipedias. The feature prompts newcomers who are pasting text they are not likely to have written into VisualEditor to consider whether doing so risks a copyright violation.
• Mobile experience: The user menu in the top corner for all mobile users is standardized so that it is closer to the desktop experience to improve the user interface for readers.
• Two-factor authentication: For security reasons, members of certain user groups are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Currently, 2FA is required to use the group, but not to be a member of it. Given that this model still has some vulnerabilities, the situation will gradually change in March.
• Tech News: Latest updates from Tech News week 10 and 11 include the new GraphQL API has been released as a flexible alternative to select features of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS). They also link to the 50 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
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• WikiCelebrate: Celebrating Mervat, one of the most experienced and dedicated contributors to Arabic Wikipedia.
• Wikimedia ecosystem: The pilot on the ecosystem of Wikimedia organizations has published a draft proposal for a Future Affiliate Landscape. It welcomes your review and feedback.
• Fundraising: The Fundraising Report 2024–2025 has now been published on meta.
• International Women's Day 2026: Women, visibility, and the future of trusted knowledge on Wikimedia.
• Don't Blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
• Wiki Loves Earth 2025: See the winners from the 13th annual edition of the globe-trotting photo contest.
• Wikimania 2026: While most Wikimania program submissions are closed, the research track is open until March 31. It accepts proposals from both professional researchers and Wikimedians.

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