User talk:TheGracefulSlick

-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 20:48, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikinews, TheGracefulSlick. (The links in the tabbed template above may be of great help to get started.) --Gryllida (chat) 23:54, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

The freshness thing
Don't worry overly. Yeah, so now you have an elevated awareness of how freshness-at-submission interacts with review availability. So now you know to avoid that particular glitch. Our initial learning curve is a bit steep, but for most people it's pretty short, and once past it, though you hopefully never stop learning, the articles you submit mostly pass on the first review &mdash; which sets up a resonant synergy; as you earn a reputation for consistently supporting smooth successful reviews, not only do your articles get published more consistently and sooner, but the overall average efficiency of Wikinews review rises, which is usually a key magical ingredient in our sometime periods of increased project output (we've been in a dry spell just lately, which of course ends with a sudden glut on the review queue :-). --Pi zero (talk) 15:48, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

US student appeals expulsion order in Israel
Urk. I've backed off from reviewing it, to avoid stepping on toes; I hadn't noticed, when I marked it for review, you'd very recently edited it. I'll take it up again later. --Pi zero (talk) 19:43, 19 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Published. Congrats!  Review comments, .  --Pi zero (talk) 04:52, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
 * thanks for being patient with me. I feel I will get the hang of this soon enough!TheGracefulSlick (talk) 01:57, 21 October 2018 (UTC)
 * :-) --Pi zero (talk) 02:07, 21 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi

 * Hello, TheGracefulSlick. I also wish to thank and congratulate you on your first published article. It has been enlightening and a big pleasure to collaborate with you on the story about Lara Alqasem. --Gryllida (chat) 00:30, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Could not have done this without you ! I am glad her case had a more happy ending than most in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Her new fellow students did not welcome her with open arms, but no story is perfect.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 03:29, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh dear. Would think such posters are against university rules...? I hope the university supports her. --Gryllida (chat) 03:58, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Train derails near Xinma station in Yilan, Taiwan
Published. Fwiw (I realize this one was partly you and partly Gryllida), besides the "copyvio" stuff (term of art: really includes plagiary as well as copyright), I found there should have been a good deal more attribution. --Pi zero (talk) 02:03, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Jordan declares intent not to renew land lease to Israel
Published. See review comments, . --Pi zero (talk) 18:20, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for reviewing it . I will be mindful about “analysis” in the future.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 19:33, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Dealing with analysis and opinions might be tricky sometimes in certain articles. Maybe reading some stories from archives and more writing experience would help you how to deal with them, and how to handle them. •–• 20:03, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

Mass graves of thousands of ISIL victims found, UN reports
Hi. I reviewed this (though I'd like to have gotten to it sooner). Found some problems. See my review comments, and . --Pi zero (talk) 23:24, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Editing on a tablet
Hi TheGracefulSlick

If you does it look reasonable at your screen resolution? Just checking - it has a few advantages and I think you may like it:
 * 1) go to the desktop version of the website on mobile,
 * 2) in your preferences enable Timeless skin,
 * meaningful links in the sidebar
 * more meaningful tabs for page actions
 * availability of edit notices, designed specifically for news writing, when writing a story
 * availability of user scripts and gadgets which may make editing easier
 * more proper view of the article history
 * easier page categorization

Also if you do not mind me asking, what mobile device are you using? I am looking for a new phone -- tablet for navigating maps -- and any advice would be greatly appreciated. :)

Gryllida (talk) 01:36, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * it will take some adjusting, but I see the benefits in this setting. I have been so use to the default settings on Wikipedia that I either adjusted to the lack of links and tabs or never noticed what I was missing. The device I am currently using is the IPhone 6s. With older versions, editing could get frustrating because the page tended to refresh if I looked at another tab for more than a minute. If I was working on a sizable edit, all my progress would just be erased.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 02:40, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * iphone 6S is a 4.7-inch device? Gryllida (talk) 04:23, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
 * yes that is correct!TheGracefulSlick (talk) 05:15, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year, TheGracefulSlick
Wish you the best for the new year, TheGracefulSlick. Wish you use the portable device to report, and it helps you with writing and organising your work, and wish you the best with your work and family. May help you if it hasn't already. --Gryllida (talk) 00:45, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Re: follow-up
Hi TheGracefulSlick :-)

How are you? To follow up on our writing earlier, you are welcome to sign up at User:Gryllida/welcome a bit if you like. I am simply looking for testers to check that the message delivery is working correctly. The end aim is to assist newcomers with writing their articles, but simply testing that the system works from technical perspective would be greatly appreciated.

--Gryllida (talk) 04:16, 8 March 2019 (UTC)