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you keep getting reverted, because you reverted yourself, lol. i realize test ;> good work Slowking4 †@1₭ 21:06, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you Heather for all the help with my latest article! I'll check out

Teahouse. Vintagenie (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:16, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply
]

Some pie for you!

I was going to give you a cake with candles (for no particular reason... ;)

But we all know pie is the superior pastry. Happy special day! - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 19:35, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

An award for you

The Barnstar Barnstar
Thank you Heather for all your awesome work at the Teahouse barnstar!!
Sarah (talk) 03:06, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

I can't remember what kind you like...

File:Kilbeggan Distillery Whisky.jpg ...but perhaps this will do the trick
Drink up! I think we all deserve it!
Sarah (talk) 03:40, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

Thank you!

I know its been a while but I only just got around to adding it.

The Autograph Book Barnstar
This user signed Lunashy's guestbook and won a barnstar for it.

All editors are special...

The Special Barnstar
But YOU are more special than others. Thanks for your myriad contributions and your friendship! - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 23:45, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]


A kitten for you!

Thank you!

Batokanda (talk) 07:55, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

💗💗

A barnstar for you!

The Real Life Barnstar
thank you Batokanda (talk) 12:24, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tiger

well, that is probably because I just speek englis differently the u. ;)

Vanessa1928 (talk) 03:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

like the teahouse you look a very nice person lovely kittens will try to find my lost link to great grandmothers family jean nee currie mrs john drummond we will meet again soon hopefullybye for now

Enuj retrac (talk) 03:04, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

For being incredibly sweet, professional and helpful. Thank you so much. Hopefully we get to talk and you can help me further with my page!

talk) 22:04, 30 June 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

Thank you Heather

Thank you Heather for every consideration, I would like to send you another cute cat picture if I could. :) venation (talk) 16:00, 23 Sept 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
To Teahouse team members for wonderful editor engagement work and research, including the Teahouse Pilot Report, the Teahouse Pilot Metrics Report, and the Phase 2 plan. Pine 08:25, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Editor Retention

Hi Heather! I thought you'd be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention. I'm part of the new editor retention and gender gap reduction teams. I thought you might be interested as well. I see you've done some work with Wikipedia:Editor engagement. Maybe you could share some of the knowledge you learned from that. Ryan Vesey Review me! 22:37, 12 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimania Barnstar

Wikimania Barnstar
It was great to see you at Wikimania 2012! --evrik (talk) 19:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Plain and Simple design

Hi Heather,

This is Jake (Ocaasi). Fantastic time at Wikimania! Maryana recommended you as a great person to *possibly* give some design tips/assistance to a new-editor help page I have been working on called

The Plain and Simple Guide. Please let me know what you think, whenever you get a chance. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 22:27, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

2,200 edits

IMPRESSIVE! :)

SarahStierch (talk) 06:47, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
You're seriously awesome and I love everything you've done for the movement. Jorm (WMF) (talk) 07:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I clearly need to step up my game.--Jorm (WMF) (talk) 07:06, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Heather! :D

Hey Heather! Thanks for stopping by and for the wikilove! :D Take care & Cheers! Charlie Inks (talk) 13:42, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Heather!

Very Jazzed that my article http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C.C._van_Asch_van_Wijck&pe=1& is now part of Wikipedia! Thank you!

Sebastian Van Aldenhaag (talk) 00:07, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for writing it! I'm just curious, what are the watermarks in the corners of those images? Ryan Vesey 00:11, 7 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

My edit Life Ruiner

Thanks again Heather. It had been bugging me how this occurred but, I will not know. Time to move on and as a few have encouraged me. BE BOLD !!!!Cmurdock1955 (talk) 16:41, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Teahouse barnstar!

Thank you, Heather. I'm still not confident in the role of host. I keep getting into mischief while doing Teahouse things like sending invites. I check a new user's contribs to try to make my invites personal. Found an odd pattern and ended up embroiled in my first

assume good faith
, especially after a sarcastic comment in the SPI from a new user that I accused. Discovering that I was right was a relief.

I have to limit my Teahouse time. Checked my stat's: 47% in user_talk (sending invites and such) and WP (Teahouse) but down to only 31% in articles. I'm not leaving or even taking a break, not when I get to read things like:

{quote|Thank you for the encouragement and offer to review the article I will write. Thinking my tiny contributions were deleted against the policy, without a chance for me to explain beforehand, I lost some confidence in contributing to Wikipedia. The advice and support from you and some of the wikipedians nevertheless helped restore some confidence in Wikipedia. I may contribute to other articles first but I definitely will return to the article on education controversy, perhaps before Hong Kong schools go strike again after protesting against the Tiananmen Square Massacre 23 years ago. Please add that page to your watch list and stay tuned. :)--Jabo-er (talk) 16:06, 10 August 2012 (UTC)}

Thanks again and take care, DocTree (ʞlɐʇ) (cont) Join WER 00:36, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ok Jiyeon lover lay (talk) 02:35, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Way to go Heather!

The patrolling barnstar
I noticed the patrol log for
Neil Marchington and also noticed that you made these changes rather than just tagging. Way to go and keep up the good work!  Ryan Vesey 14:54, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Great work on your first article!
SarahStierch (talk) 20:06, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

A barnstar for you!

File:Teahouse Barnstar Hires.png CC BY-SA 3.0 Heather Walls Teahouse Barnstar
Thanks for all of your work at the Teahouse, heather. Your work is greatly appreciated! -- Luke (Talk) 12:31, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse Barnstar!

File:Teahouse Barnstar Hires.png CC BY-SA 3.0 Heather Walls Teahouse Barnstar
The new host system worked great! Thanks for your hard work. It's great to be a host!
bot!) 03:54, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

A barnstar for you!

The Resilient Barnstar
For your continued hard work and patience on the Teahouse design revolution, despite all obstacles --
talk) 20:04, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

You're invited! Ada Lovelace Day San Francisco

October 16 - Ada Lovelace Day Celebration - You are invited!
Come celebrate
STEM
if you wish. Come mix, mingle and celebrate the legacy of the world's first computer programmer.

The event is October 16, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, everyone is welcome!

You must RSVP here - see you there!

SarahStierch (talk) 19:53, 13 October 2012 (UTC)[reply
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A barnstar for you!

The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
It looks like I've just gone over 1k edits. That would never have happened without the ability to learn from others' questions at the teahouse (and ask several of them myself). What made it effective for me was that newbies can also answer questions without having to worry about getting bitten. Thank you, and well done. GaramondLethe 08:07, 14 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm Mdann52. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Lindsay Phillips, and have un-reviewed it again. If you've got any questions, please ask me on my talk page. Thanks, ~~

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Adrianne Ahern

Deletion review for Adrianne Ahern

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Hi there, i saw your edits on the page of Anamika Khanna, being a new editor to wikipedia- I was searching of someone experienced & active to asses another article- Sabyasachi Mukherjee upon which I tried to contribute since quite a time. I did post for an assessment but couldn't find any response. I would be glad if you can have a look so that it can help me not to repeat the errors that would be corrected. Would be looking forward to your response

Regards, Tulika Callousfreak (talk) 10:15, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi dear Heatherawalls, I've add some sources to this article. Would you just take a look and tell your idea about it? Soroush90gh (talk) 12:59, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are 10 sources, as you said I have added reliable sources, would you remove that deletion bar? Soroush90gh (talk) 17:29, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

list of pages

hello, How can I find the list of pages that I created on Wikipedia Trabelsiismail (talk) 20:37, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm not sure so I
asked your question at the Teahouse. heather walls (talk) 20:46, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

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I see that you don't have any archiving setup; if you would like to, I'd be happy to help.
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Edit-a-thon tomorrow (Saturday) in Oakland

Hi, I hope you will be joining us tomorrow afternoon at the Edit-a-thon at Tech Liminal, in Oakland. We'll be working on articles relating to women and democracy (and anything else that interests you). It's sponsored by the California League of Women Voters, Tech Liminal, and me.

If this is the first you are hearing of this event, my apologies for the last-minute notice! I announced it on the San Francisco email list and by

a banner on your watchlist, but I neglected to look at the San Francisco invitation list until this evening. If you can't make it this time, I hope to see you at a similar event soon! -Pete (talk) 04:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC)[reply
]

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
At least one editor in the Wikipedia Education Program identified you specifically as being a helpful editor! Thanks for being so welcoming to a newbie! JMathewson (WMF) (talk) 20:31, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Heatherawalls,

I wish you a Merry Christmas !

Dear you, I am contributing to Karen McCrimmon's articles in both French and English. Since a few days I worked non stop on it and I think my articles are almost completed. I will add the picture today if I can find back the way to proceede. I would like to ask you a favor and withdraw the commentary stripes on top of both articles, because it is unfair to leave them there; but I just can't find the way to do it. I am very tired and dont have the energy to learn it now.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_McCrimmon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_McCrimmon

Thank you so much for your support,

Happy New Year,

Sincerely, Edgard Poe--Edgard Poe (talk) 18:28, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please see

SarahStierch (talk) 23:42, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply
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Picture in commons

Hi, thanks for informing me. I'm not sure who to speak with though. That is my picture and the copyright doesn't make any sense to me. The pic was taken in Nov 2012, and this copyright says 2011...?

I think the computer i used Photoshop on added this without my knowing. I don't have the means to take another one. :(

Do you have any advice? Thanks.

Nathalie J. Caron (talk) 21:32, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Surprise!

why not!
SarahStierch (talk) 21:35, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply
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A barnstar for you!

The Copyeditor's Barnstar
thank you for going over the article Emily Johnson. Dkreisst (talk) 11:43, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Automated Teahouse greeting system

We need to establish an automated greeting system where we can refer users to you to be greeted with Teahouse's greeting message. I was thinking of maybe

WP:AFC with too many questions and we need to offload teaching them Wikipedia's intracies to someone else so that we can focus on the AFC backlog. What do you think? Do you think a bot can greet people listed at the aforementioned category and remove them from it once they have been greeted? —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 20:40, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply
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Help Project newsletter : Issue 5

The Help Project Newsletter
Issue V - January 2013
Project news summary
From the editor

Hello again from the Help Project!

In the last newsletter (which was quite a while ago sorry!) I talked about my fellowship and the plans for improving the main portal page, Help:Contents. Well I'm sad to say that my fellowship is now over, but very happy to say that the proposed improvements to that page have been completed and implemented. Do check it out if you haven't already.

Another important and frequently used help page,

new tutorial pages
.

In project news, we now have a subscription to the "article alerts" service. Any deletion nominations, move discussions, or requests for comments on pages within the Help Project's scope will now show up at Wikipedia:Help Project/Article alerts. So that's definitely a page which project members might want to watch.

Any comments or suggestions for future issues are welcome at Wikipedia:Help Project/Newsletter. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter on your talk page in future then just edit the participants page and add "no newsletter" next to your name.

-- the wub "?!" 23:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Heatherawalls, we moved your Teahouse host profile

Hello Heatherawalls! Thank you for being a host at the Teahouse. However, we haven't heard from you lately, so

talk) 01:42, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply
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Talkback

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Your barnstar is very much appreciated. It certainly inspires me to continue welcoming new users where ever possible. --

Skamecrazy123 (talk) 13:47, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply
]

Congrats... You fixed the Teahouse just where it needed to be fixed!

Some people might say, "It's just my job. I get paid for this." but that would be underestimating just how consistently creative, talented and fun those some people are. Cheers, to your spiffy, nifty, clever design work on the new Badge project. Teahouse has a soulful, enveloping atmosphere thanks to your keen eye and crafty code. I'm glad we have you around!


Teahouse Genie Badge Teahouse Genie Badge
Awarded to those who have solved issues on the
Teahouse Wishlist
.


Earn more badges at: Teahouse Badges

Ocaasi t | c 21:01, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse archives

I noticed the links had changed and checked the history. So I would like you to take a look at my question.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 22:02, 25 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Help in contributing new articles

Hi Heather,

I hope you're fine there. I'd like to ask for some assistance in my succeeding contributions to Wikipedia. In particular, I'd like to know how can I deal correctly with the REDIRECT notice in my SANDBOX, redirecting it to my 1st article, Paul Tyma (who'm I find very interesting to write about because of his innovative contributions to computer technology). Is there a proper workaround to this? I've research the many Wikipedia HELP pages but can't seem to find a definitive answer. Although I know now that I can directly contribute articles, I'm just very anxious if I'll be breaking some rules if I make some steps that I'm not sure of. For the time being, I'll contribute again using the Article Wizard system. I'm looking forward to your much needed response. Thanks and best regards. Word.Farmer02 (talk) 06:36, 29 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Heather. Thank you very much for the response, it really helped me a lot in understanding how the process goes (and I will likely raise some more queries when I encounter other similar concerns). Once I get to have more free time from my work, I will likely focus on contributing more articles as well as edit/copy-edit those that require some much-needed enhancements. Best regards. Word.Farmer02 (talk) 04:22, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Heather. I'd like to ask for some help in my second contribution

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Face lift dentistry which unfortunately was declined by an already non-existent user Schenka
, with this comment: I'm not sure if Face lift Dentistry in itself is worthy of a separate article from Cosmetic_dentistry but this article as written clearly sounds like an advert for Dr. Sam Muslin. Since the procedure seems to be patented and trademarked by him, I suppose it might always be the case. If so, the references section must be improved to indicate the notability of this trademarked procedure. - Is it normal for a user to decline an article for creation, then suddenly cease existing from being a user? I do find that dubious, if not irregular. I just came across Face Lift Dentistry on TV and the Internet and got so interested with it, which prompted me to research and write on that article. And it's far from being an advertisement as I've tried very hard to secure reliable sources, including the actual US Patent records of the said procedure. Why should it be incorporated with Cosmetic_dentistry when I have also discussed the significant differences between the two? I do hope you can help explain to me further if indeed Schenka is in the side of reason, and why did he just disappear after declining my considerably-researched and written piece. And if I can still "save" that article, what must I do? Nonetheless, I'll continue contribute new articles and edits to Wikipedia. Hoping for the best. Cheers. Word.Farmer02 (talk) 07:41, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question about tattoo design

Hi, Heather. :) A user has nominated the photograph of Oliver's tattoo for deletion based on the assumption that the tattoo artist added the crossbones beneath the barnstar. I had understood that you designed the tattoo, and according to Victor you released your design under CC-By-SA. Can you please clarify whether my understanding is correct at Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Oliver Tattoo-1.jpg? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:40, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see you answered this question at the other deletion debate (Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Ironholds indelible barnstar.jpg). I've taken the liberty of pointing to that in the one I had found. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:57, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven

Teahouse Wishlist.

Hello again! We have some neat updates about the Teahouse:

  • And...for all of your great work and all of the progress that you've helped the Teahouse make, we hereby award you the Host Badge:


Teahouse Host Badge Teahouse Host Badge
Awarded to hosts at the Wikipedia Teahouse.

Experienced editors with this badge have committed to welcoming guests, helping new editors, and upholding the standards of the Teahouse by giving friendly and patient guidance—at least for a time.

Hosts illuminate the path for new Wikipedians, like

Tōrō
in a Teahouse garden.

Earn more badges at: Teahouse Badges
You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here

Thanks again! Ocaasi 02:03, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Teahouse talk

Hi Heather, Thanks for you input on the thread about asking a newbie who his/her employee is. I am happy to discuss with you any further points you have, either here or on the Teahouse talk page. I tried to move the conversation to the Teahouse talk page because I didn't think that the Questionairre page was the best place for a policy discussion but I'll defer to you on that since you have much more experience at Teahouse than I do. Best, --KeithbobTalk • 15:21, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Yeah, normally I am totally behind the idea of removing policy-like discussions to the talk page, but this time I thought it might be nice to share with guests. Apologies if I made that uncomfortable at all. heather walls (talk) 06:47, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, appreciate your input :-) --KeithbobTalk 20:24, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent revision at the Teahouse front page.

Much respect to you as the main technogeek that works on the Teahouse pages themselves, but it is my personal feeling that Moxy's revision may have been half right. Blue is the traditional color for links, right? And that is a link, right? So how about making the boldface "Questions" blue and leaving the rest black? Unless my mouse went over that sentence, I would not suspect that it was a link! Just sayin....I leave the graphic folks to get the graphics as they should be, as I haven't enough technical knowledge to be of much help in implementing any changes. Be well, Heather, and happy belated Valentine's Day.

talk) 04:04, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply
]

Hi Gtwfan! Here is the message I left for Moxy regarding this dif. The thing about that line is that it is not necessary as a link, it is redundant to the one below which has the icon and is underlined. Someone wanted that line to to be clickable as well, but we didn't want to make another visual link choice (there are already too many on that page). So, it's not as obvious as blue, but it's not the only link in that direction. Thanks for sharing your opinion, I appreciate it :) heather walls (talk) 06:44, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The main reason it was changed is because at the help desk people were asking what the page was for (as they saw no visible link to click on - or the ones they found did not take them to a page to ask questions) (
Wikipedia:Help index as we were getting complaint after complaint by our students about help pages begin all over the place with no central disruptive directory. Its simply amazing how many help pages there are - overwhelming for most to find the right information, Moxy (talk) 20:40, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply
]

Thanks for the Teahouse guide

I was wondering about the talkpage notification. Thanks!--

talk) 21:19, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply
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The Tea Leaf - Issue Seven (special Birthday recap)

A celebratory cupcake from the Teahouse Birthday Badge

It's been a full year since the Teahouse opened, and as we're reflecting on what's been accomplished, we wanted to celebrate with you.

Teahouse guests and hosts are sharing their stories in a new blog post about the project.

1 year statistics for Teahouse visitors compared to invited non-visitors from the pilot:

Metric Control group Teahouse group Contrast
Average retention (weeks with at least 1 edit) 5.02 weeks 8.57 weeks 1.7x retention
Average number of articles edited 58.7 articles 116.9 edits 2.0x articles edited
Average talk page edits 36.5 edits 85.6 edits 2.4x talk page edits
Average article space edits 129.6 edits 360.4 edits 2.8x article edits
Average total edits (all namespaces) 182.1 edits 532.4 edits 2.9x total edits

Over the past year almost 2000 questions have been asked and answered, 669 editors have introduced themselves, 1670 guests have been served, 867 experienced Wikipedians have participated in the project, and 137 have served as hosts. Read more project analysis in our CSCW 2013 paper

Last month January was our most active month so far! 78 profiles were created, 46 active hosts answered 263 questions, and 11 new hosts joined the project.

Come by the Teahouse
to share a cup of tea and enjoy a Birthday Cupcake! Happy Birthday to the Teahouse and thank you for a year's worth of interest and support :-)

-- Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 20:53, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To add or remove yourself for receiving future newsletters, please update the list here

The Teahouse Turns One!

It's been an exciting year for the

Teahouse and you were a part of it. Thanks so much for visiting, asking questions, sharing answers, being friendly and helpful, and just keeping Teahouse an awesome place. You can read more about the impact we're having and the reflections of other guests and hosts
like you. Please come by the Teahouse to celebrate with us, and enjoy this sparkly cupcake badge as our way of saying thank you. And, Happy Birthday!


Teahouse First Birthday Badge Teahouse First Birthday Badge
Awarded to everyone who participated in the Wikipedia Teahouse during its first year!

To celebrate the many hosts and guests we've met and the nearly 2000 questions asked and answered during this excellent first year, we're giving out this tasty cupcake badge.

Earn more badges at: Teahouse Badges
--Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 22:34, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You are a Teahouse Founder!

From the first months, through its first birthday, you have stuck with the Teahouse, nurtured its community, learned and helped, shared and improved. Simply put, the Teahouse would not be what it is without you. Stick around, because we need your lovely attitudes, sincere dedication, sharp minds, crafty design, caring reform, technical wits, and good humor. Display this delicious badge with honor, for you are a Teahouse Founder.


Teahouse Founders Birthday Badge Teahouse Founders Birthday Badge
Awarded to editors who participated in the Wikipedia Teahouse during its first months and are still participating a year later.

To celebrate the editors who have been with Teahouse from the beginning through its first year, we've made you this extra special birthday badge! Teahouse continues to be awesome because you are still here all these months later, so thank you. You are the Foundation of this awesome project.

Earn more badges at: Teahouse Badges
With the utmost cheer and appreciation,
--Ocaasi and the rest of the Teahouse Team 23:00, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good work!

The Philippine Barnstar
Hey Heatherawalls! Great idea for starting that "Get started" page for the WikiProject Philippines! For that great effort, you're deserving to earn this barnstar concerning your work for the Philippine WikiProject. Thanks ;)
tc) 01:05, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply
]

CC-BY-SA Attribution

This doesn't work, because you can't guarantee that you will create all future badges, and that they're all attributed to you. Some of them are derivatives meaning that needs to be credited as well. I undid you on /Small because I didn't see your other two. Please undo yourself so attribution isn't broken. Legoktm (talk) 08:23, 2 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Badgeometer

Proof of concept (borrowing heavily from your Teahouse/host code):

Feedback, design tweaks welcome. I'm not sure how to get rid of the black bars or make the badges align left rather than hold spaces. If this works, we could encourage users to display the badges they've earned on their userpages, similar to the way we're doing on their profiles. Cheers! Ocaasi t | c 18:54, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a badge to your teahouse profile

Hi, Heather. I see you got one of those special first birthday badges too. somehow it is on your host profile, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to add it to mine. I don't appear to have a field for it. can you help?

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Thank you very much. Going to be on an extended Wikibreak after this week, so I have been trying to get little things here and there cleaned up. Good luck in all you do in the meantime. Keep up the good work, and see you in the fall, hopefully sooner.
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Thanks Heather!

Thanks for the cool Teahouse badge! I love to welcome people in any way I can. ~ Anastasia (talk) 20:24, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Teahouse template edit

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I don't know why I am leaving you strawberries instead of a regular talk section. It seems to be the thing to do on your talk page, so enjoy! EllenCT (talk) 07:09, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for your welcome to Wikipedia following my submission of Stewardship Economy. And for the pointer to Teahouse. Still finding my way around - hope I have posted this in the right place. Julianpratt (talk) 20:53, 25 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Teahouse/Host

So, ya... I got the image thing good, I just can't figure out at the moment why some people have h2 lines that are short and others go to the edge of the screen. I'm befuddled... Do you see the same thing? Any ideas?

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Teahouse guests

Hi Heather, You might want to take a look at the Teahouse guest page because there's something funny going on at the bottom. ~ Anastasia (talk) 16:19, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the problem at the bottom. I am curious why the div is wrapped around the {{
documentation)" selected in the "Appearance" section of Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets, the left and right columns overlap each other. Technical 13 (talk) 16:59, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply
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File:Teahouse Guest page overlap issue as seen by Technical 13.png
Overlap of columns boxed in red with arrows.
I fixed the issue that Missionedit is speaking of :) heather walls (talk) 17:02, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose the div is around the template so that the template can have the chance of being seen/used without the special script if it needs to be used somewhere else. It doesn't bother me to have it outside of the template, and helps to explain how it works a little. heather walls (talk) 17:05, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As for the time thing, I'm sorry I can't figure out what you are talking about. heather walls (talk) 17:07, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
See the image I just uploaded. :) Technical 13 (talk) 17:17, 5 April 2013 (UTC) ⇒[reply]
Do you mean you set a special setting that changes the look of timestamps and that means that they overlap? Interesting to know! I don't have time to fix it at the moment, but if I come across some spare time I'll look into it. Thanks for the screenshot. heather walls (talk) 17:32, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there is a gadget that changes the look of timestamps and it is making the length of the timestamps longer forcing them out of their "normal" permitable area causing an overlapping. I just took a look at the templates that create that page and I can't fix it without bot access. Wikipedia:Teahouse/Guest is going to have to be modified so that it includes the timestamp inside of it instead of placing on the left/right page. Wikipedia:Teahouse/Guest_profile will also have to be modified to add it as an argument for the template instead of after the template. Then, it can be formatted inside the template so that the div has an allocated amount of width: 248px;..... Ahh... I'll need to look this over some more... There are a lot of things that don't make sense to me about the current structure of the templates, and I'm betting that is why there are "issues" arising from them. Would you be offended if I copied all of the templates to a section in my userspace to work on them and see what I can do? Technical 13 (talk) 17:58, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to copy them to look at them. I'd much prefer you not make any changes to the templates the Teahouse pages use without discussing it with me and J-Mo (some things are the way they are because of his bots). heather walls (talk) 18:03, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the edits I need to make to seem logical to me and work are going to be partly T&E and I would rather not do that to the actual templates, hence my thoughts to do it in my user space. Technical 13 (talk) 18:11, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

hey y'all. Changing the way the timestamp is displayed shouldn't affect HostBot. The timestamps are set during the profile creation workflow, which just uses (a big ol' mess of) template calls. Fortunately as Heather mentioned the timestamps only break the layout when the user viewing the page has the Comments on local time gadget enabled, so most users won't see the funny bug you noticed. - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 23:15, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Teahouse badges

I just came across the Teahouse badges you created and was really struck by how attractive they are—nice work! –

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Just trying this code out, which Technical worked out in WikiLove. It looks clean to me but I'm not sure about the right-aligned message and signature, which pulls the eye away from the badge text. What do you think??
Ocaasi t | c 16:21, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]


That right align is in the badge template and can be easily moved to be centered or left aligned, my purpose for doing it that was was to the message wouldn't detract from the badge itself by being out of default eyesight. Regardless where you think the message should be, I think the signature should stay on that side at least as it is the last thing in the box and "closes" it best IMHO. Technical 13 (talk) 16:24, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

+ It looks good when there is only 1 line of text... It looks kinds of crappy when it is a line and a half, although, I think if I added a cell/div (idr if that template uses a table or divs) to make the message 50-66% of the overall width it would look good as multiple lines. I'll play with that part of it in the sandbox tonight. Technical 13 (talk) 17:05, 23 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
+ Okay, per Ocaasi's suggestion, I played with the whitespace surrounding the message and signature and alignments of both elements and above is what I found to be the most appealing to me. What do you think? Technical 13 (talk) 17:13, 25 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Help Project newsletter : Issue 6

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Teahouse Small Badges

Due to my self-perceived success with the modification to the large template, I've decided to tackle adding the ability to specify a number of badges received in the Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Small template and have set up a series of -sandbox templates (Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Small-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Answer-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Easter egg-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Host-sandbox, Wikipedia:Teahouse/Badge/Question-sandbox) and have been testing the changes on Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host landing#Technical 13. For some reason, setting the value of badges to "yes" or "1" changes the placement of the badge. Also, the easter-egg badge seems smaller to me, and I'm not sure why. I know you are familiar with some of this coding stuff, so I figured I'd have you look at it and see if you can offer some improvements. I'm also asking Soni, Writ, Sarah, and Ocaasi to take a peek at it as well and see if we can't get it working right. Thanks. Technical 13 (talk) 22:22, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(/me talkpage stalker). Let's hold off on any changes to the live badge templates for now. Teahouse Badges are currently a
pilot project and we're actively gathering data on who gets what badge & when, so we can evaluate whether giving people badges makes them fitter/happier/more productive/etc. Any changes to the badge templates could affect our ability to track them, or introduce bias into our data. Once the pilot is over, though, we would welcome your input on next steps. Perhaps we can make a Teahouse Badge Task Force after the pilot, for discussing and implementing Badges 2.0. - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 22:59, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply
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I have no problem on holding of on making the changes live. I knew the change was going to be something that was going to take a little time in between revisions which is why I opted for the -sandbox approach. Feel free to take a look at what I've started and if you can get the small badges properly lined up and the numbers to show up correctly over the images, that would be great. I'm assuming there is a bot gathering data on how many of each badge people are getting? It would be cool if that could be modified after your data is gathered so that it could work in coordination with the template changes I've been working on to display how many of each badge each of us has gotten on the Host landing page. :) Technical 13 (talk) 23:05, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed! I'd love to get HostBot more involved in the badge display. Right now all it's doing is updating a daily report of badges awarded, but we've talked about implementing a more leaderboard-style approach as well. Do you happen to program in Python? We could collaborate on some code sometime. - J-Mo Talk to Me Email Me 23:23, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I just found WP:Village pump (technical)#Temporarily disabling WikiLove on English Wikipedia and thought it might be of interest to you. Should we post some kind of notice on the Teahouse page someplace? How would we go about doing that, is there a template designed for host notices? I've looked at trying to learn Python, but have found the resources on learning it to be slim. I'll probably take another crack at it sometime, but like my host profile says, I'm pretty logical and I catch on quick. That being said, I wouldn't be opposed to peeking at the code, I've found that sometimes a non-language specific eye can pick up on subtleties and ask questions that would otherwise be overlooked. Technical 13 (talk) 23:50, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, Heather... I got my sandbox to work... I worked with Soni to get it figured out, and you can check it out →

User talk:TheOriginalSoni#Teahouse Badges. Technical 13 (talk) 01:25, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply
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