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Happy editing! LilianaUwU (talk / contribs) 02:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- @LilianaUwU Thanks... I'm not completely new, but thanks for the welcome. I have a couple of hundred edits under (probably) two IP addresses. But I figured it was time for an account... David10244 (talk) 02:48, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'm aware that you've edited under IP addresses before. We already interacted. :P LilianaUwU (talk / contribs) 02:49, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- I thought we had... :-) David10244 (talk) 02:50, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- @LilianaUwU I just noticed that one of the two IP addresses that I edited under, before making an account, had exactly 500 edits. That's weird! Then either my IP address changed, or I made this account. I didn't realize that I had edited so much with that IP. And no reverts, I think. I don't have a question or anything; I just thought that was interesting. David10244 (talk) 08:08, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'm aware that you've edited under IP addresses before. We already interacted. :P LilianaUwU (talk / contribs) 02:49, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
David in the millions
editWelcome to the clan. In the U.S. it was very popular 1940-1980, has since dropped off. According to the Wikipedia article David (name), tens of millions of males are named David in English, and more in variants in other languages. The article could use referenced updating at the statistics section. David notMD (talk) 11:45, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
- @David notMD My parents told me that the name means "beloved", as that article says. Some people do like me! Wait, what's this: "David ... means "beloved", derived from the root dôwd (דּוֹד), which originally meant "to boil"..."
- To boil? That's weird! David10244 (talk) 09:53, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
re committed ID
editJust to clarify something in response to this edit (whose thread has since been archived): I was not advising against committed identities in general. In fact, I encourage the use of committed identities, and I have one on my user page. I was advising against the specific scheme proposed by the OP (based around a physical Brazilian ID etc.), which is outside the standard process listed at Wikipedia:Committed identity, and would make verification much harder than needed. TigraanClick here for my talk page ("private" contact) 09:01, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
- @Tigraan Oh, I see. That makes sense -- I wouldn't use a nonstandard method to create a committed identity. I get what you meant by "standard process now. Thanks for explaining that. David10244 (talk) 09:46, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
Yes. delete phone # from Talk
editI agree David notMD (talk) 17:44, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Removed from the talk page; not from history. David10244 (talk) 06:15, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
New message from Lemonaka
edit You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Raimi Productions. Lemonaka (talk) 07:46, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, @Lemonaka, I will look there. David10244 (talk) 12:50, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Adding the foreign dignitaries and Military Adjutant at the Closing Ceremony Athens 2004 Olympics
editI just want to put in the dignitaries at the Closing Ceremony Athens 2004 Olympics. I want to add is President's Adjutant Officer of the Hellenic Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos, who have accompanied the President of the Hellenic Republic Constantinos Stephanopoulos, Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince Felipe and the Crown Princess Letizia of Spain, and Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium. And I want to make corrections and add with references. Thank you. It's not my fault. And I'm sorry. And I owe you an apology. I didn't do anything wrong because of Materialscientist 100.2.114.167 (talk) 18:26, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
New editors and new articles
editI saw your discussion at WP:VPP. I wonder if this chart would be helpful.
| If you have made... | you are about 1 in | then you rank in the... | or the... | That's more than... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 edit | 3 | top 30% of all users | top 14,400,000 of all users | 70% of all users |
| 2 edits | 5 | top 20% of all users | top 9,600,000 of all users | 80% of all users |
| 5 edits | 10 | top 10% of all users | top 4,800,000 of all users | 90% of all users |
| 10 edits | 20 | top 5% of all users (the autoconfirmed) |
top 2,410,000 of all users | 95% of all users |
| 100 edits | 100 | top 1% of all users | top 482,000 of all users | 99% of all users |
| 500 edits | 400 | top 0.25% of all users (the extended confirmed) |
top 120,000 of all users | 99.75% of all users |
| 1,000 edits | 1,000 | top 0.1% of all users | top 48,000 of all users | 99.9% of all users |
| 10,000 edits | 4,000 | top 0.025% of all users | top 12,000 of all users | 99.975% of all users |
| 25,000 edits | 10,000 | top 0.01% of all users | top 4,800 of all users | 99.99% of all users |
| 50,000 edits | 20,000 | top 0.005% of all users | top 2,400 of all users | 99.995% of all users |
| 100,000 edits | 50,000 | top 0.002% of all users | top 900 of all users | 99.998% of all users |
| 250,000 edits | 200,000 | top 0.0005% of all users | top 200 of all users | 99.9995% of all users |
| 500,000 edits | 1,000,000 | top 0.0001% of all users | top 50 of all users | 99.9999% of all users |
| 1,000,000 edits | 3,300,000 | top 0.000031% of users | top 13 of all users | 99.99997% of all users |
| For the purposes of this table, a "user" is a person who has a registered account on the English Wikipedia. | ||||
| If you have made... | you are about 1 in | then you rank in the... | or the... | That's more than... |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 edit | 1 | – | one of 14,400,000 contributors | – |
| 2 edits | 1-2 | top 65% of contributors | top 9,400,000 of all contributors | 35% of all contributors |
| 5 edits | 3 | top 30% of contributors | top 4,300,000 of all contributors | 70% of all contributors |
| 10 edits | 5 | top 20% of contributors (the autoconfirmed) |
top 2,893,000 of all contributors | 80% of all contributors |
| 100 edits | 40 | top 2.5% of contributors | top 361,000 of all contributors | 97.5% of all contributors |
| 500 edits | 133 | top 0.75% of contributors (the extended confirmed) |
top 108,000 of all contributors | 99.25% of all contributors |
| 1,000 edits | 200 | top 0.5% of contributors | top 72,000 of all contributors | 99.5% of all contributors |
| 10,000 edits | 1,000 | top 0.1% of contributors | top 14,400 of all contributors | 99.9% of all contributors |
| 25,000 edits | 3,333 | top 0.03% of contributors | top 4,300 of all contributors | 99.97% of all contributors |
| 50,000 edits | 6,666 | top 0.015% of contributors | top 2,100 of all contributors | 99.985% of all contributors |
| 100,000 edits | 14,000 | top 0.007% of contributors | top 1,000 of all contributors | 99.993% of all contributors |
| 250,000 edits | 66,666 | top 0.0015% of contributors | top 200 of all contributors | 99.9985% of all contributors |
| 500,000 edits | 250,000 | top 0.0004% of contributors | top 50 of all contributors | 99.9996% of all contributors |
| For the purposes of this table, a "contributor" is an account with at least one published edit on the English Wikipedia. | ||||
At the moment, only 5% of all registered editors are able to create articles directly in the mainspace here at the English Wikipedia (and almost none of them actually do, either through a lack of interest or because they've stopped editing entirely).
The question is: How many fewer do you really want to have that ability? WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:07, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
- @WhatamIdoing, that is a very interesting chart. Does "top x ... of all editors" mean "all editors who have created an article that has not been deleted (in some short time frame)"? If not, then maybd it doesn't apply to the issue of article creation. But I'll think about it.
- I find it kind of hard to believe that some significant fraction of editors have created an article that sticks, as their first edit (or their first set of edits). It's also kind of hard (is it possible?) to write a new draft and submit it for review, and have one total edit at the point of submission. (That situation also means that they have not put anything on their Talk page either, which is OK, but...)
- Do we know how many editors have one edit when they Submit? Those 50% are not creating new articles, so the chart is not completely relevant, I think. I could be wrong. David10244 (talk) 10:26, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
- This chart counts all registered editors, including accounts that have never made any edits at the English Wikipedia (e.g., someone who edits in a different language, but read an article; someone who doesn't edit but wanted access to a setting in the prefs; someone who wanted to edit but who couldn't figure out how to do it) and accounts that haven't edited for many years (e.g., due to losing the password, or losing interest).
- About a decade ago (I've not heard anything more recent) about a quarter of all first edits was to create an article in the mainspace. Almost all first edits were in the mainspace. Wikipedia:Request a query might be able to give you more recent numbers. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:01, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
- @WhatamIdoing OK, thanks. David10244 (talk) 10:49, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
Reply
editOn the teahouse, someone asked a pointless question on the teahouse asking what 1 plus 1 was? It is easy to figure it out. I'm replying on here because the discussion got closed. It is my first seeing a discussion on the teahouse get closed. Cwater1 (talk) 04:14, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Cwater1 Threads at the Teahouse don't usually get closed in my experience -- they are archived pretty quickly. Threads at other places get closed more often... especially for "unblock requests" and sometimes at wp:afchelp. But, yeah, sometimes at the Teahouse. David10244 (talk) 04:46, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- That conversation where someone asked what 1 plus 1 is could have been removed since it was not necessary. Cwater1 (talk) 23:13, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Cwater1 Questions aren't usually removed though, even those questions that are gibberish (this one wasn't, of course). The hosts answer them (usually) politely. :-) David10244 (talk) 09:57, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
- That conversation where someone asked what 1 plus 1 is could have been removed since it was not necessary. Cwater1 (talk) 23:13, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
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- @Nick Moyes Thanks, and sorry for this belated reply. I have gotten very busy lately and I have not been able to contribute much. You folks do a great job at the help desk(s), even if you sometimes have to answer the same questions more than once! I might be back soon. Thanks again. David10244 (talk) 04:23, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
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