Welcome to my User-page[edit]

— Wikipedian ♂ —
Me volunteering at Wikimania 2014 in London
Name	Masssly
Born	Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
Country	Ghana
Current time	Current UTC is 02:09
Education and employment
High school	Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School
Contact info
LinkedIn	[https://www.linkedin.com/in/masssly Masssly]

Some stuff I do around here

• Member of the WikidataCon 2017 Program committee
• West Africa Regional Ambassador for Art+Feminism: I liaise with node events to facilitate Arts+Feminism edit-a-thons in the West Africa region.
• Board Election Committee: Joined the committee to help steward Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustee and Funds Dissemination Committee elections.
• Peer review coordinator for WikiJournal of Medicine: I help to find and invite peer reviewers to the WikiJournal of Medicine.
• Publication leader for Wikimedia Education Newsletter: I'm responsible for creating the pages for every new issue of the newsletter, making sure it is in the right formatting before publication.
• Wikimedia Research Newsletter team: Me, Dario Taraborelli and Tilman Bayer coordinate publication of the monthly Wikimedia Research newsletter.
• Partner coordinator for The Wikipedia Library: I help to bring in new publisher partners for The Wikipedia Library by contacting and pitching donors.
• OTRS agent: I was part of the Wikimedia Volunteer Response Team who handle all the emails and inquiries from the public about Wikimedia sites.
• Test Sysop on Wikimedia Incubator: Collaborating with local language students at University of Education, Winneba and WikiProject Medicine/Translation task force to create a domain for Dagbani language Wikipedia with mostly health and socio-economic related content.

Tools[edit]

Stuff to help out on[edit]

• CAT:STUBS
• Wikipedia:Backlog
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Unreferenced articles
• Special:Recentchanges
• Wiki stuff to do

Funny stuff[edit]

• Wikipedia:WikiSpeak
• Six Degrees of Wikipedia
• Wikipedia:Department of Fun
• Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Humor
• User:MC10/Funny stuff
• Wikipedia:Unusual articles
• Wikipedia:Silly Things

Inline icon templates by shape and color[edit]

Any of the following inline, comment-level templates can be converted into ((Resolved))-style hatnotes by using ((Resbox)) to put a box around the icon and text.

Green check marks
Implemented	((Implemented))
Partially implemented	((PImplemented))
Resolved	((Resolved mark))
Accepted	((Accepted))
Agree	((Agree))
Approved	((Approved))
Checked	((Checked2))
Verified	((Verified))
CY	((Conditional yes))
Confirmed	((Confirmed))
Confirmed with respect to the named user(s).  No comment with respect to IP address(es).	((Confirmed-nc))
Technically indistinguishable	((Tallyho))
Y	((Tick))
Helped	((Helped))
Done	((Done))
Completed	((Edited2))
Task complete.	((Donetask))
Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request.	((Unprod))
Answered on user's talk page.	((Autp))
Responded at the appropriate venue.	((Responded))
Sure!	((Sure))
Y Merger complete.	((Merge done))
✓	((Marked))
✓ Pass	((Pass))
Y	((Aye))
Yes	((Yes check))
✓	((Y&))
Y	((Yeac))
Yg	((Yeag))

Cross marks
N	((Xmark))
N This offer has expired	((Expired))
N Deleted	((Deleted))
Not done	((Not done))
Not done – empty request	((Not done empty request))
Not done – please clarify	((Not done unclear))
N Not done and not likely to be done	((Not done not likely))
N Stale	((Stale-small))
Rejected	((Smallrejected))
N	((X mark))
N	((Nay))
No	((No mark))
✗ Not done	((Not done-t))
✗ Fail	((Fail))
✗	((N&))
N	((X mark-n))
	((Xed box))
Cancelled	((Cancelled))
Deleted	((Deleted-image))
Already declined	((Already declined))
Blocked	((Opblocked))
User blocked	((User-blocked))
Not a bug	((Notabug))
Not fixed	((Notfixed))
Won't fix	((Won't fix))
I withdraw my nomination	((Withdraw))
No technical evidence	((Nojoy))
Unrelated	((Unrelated))
Off-topic	((Off-topic talk))
N	((Nayc))
Ng	((Nayg))

Black check marks
Already done	((Already done))
Resolved	((Resolved1))
Y	((Check mark-n))
	((Checked))
	((Checked box))

Yellow check marks
Half done	((Half done))
Partly done	((Partly done))

Blue check marks
Semi-done	((Semi-done))
Go ahead	((Go ahead))
Fixed	((Fixed))
Fixed by reporter	((Fixed by reporter))
Pending	((Bug pending))
Resolved	((Bug resolved))
Blocked and tagged	((Blockedandtagged))
Blocked without tags	((Blockedwithouttags))
Tagged	((Socks tagged))
No tags	((No tags))
IP block exemption granted	((Ipbedone))
IP blocked	((IPblock))
Proxy blocked	((Pblock))
Proxies blocked	((Psblock))
Range blocked	((Rblock))
Requested actions completed, closing	((Action and close))
Blocked and tagged. Closing.	((Blockedtaggedclosing))

Minus sign
Closed	((Close))
Denied	((Denied))
Disagree	((Disagree))
Not approved	((Unapproved))
Not bug	((NotBug))
Duplicate bug	((Duplicate bug))
Invalid	((Invalid))
Declined	((Declined))
No action	((No action))
No comment	((Nocomment))
Unnecessary	((Unnecessary))
No comment with respect to IP address(es)	((Nc))
Removed	((Removed))
Closing without action	((Closing without action))
Failed	((Failed-ga))

Plus sign
Added	((Added))
Posted	((Posted))
Works for me	((Works for me))
Passed	((Passed))
Likely	((Likely))
Highly likely	((Highly likely))
Clerk endorsed	((Endorse))
Clerk declined	((Decline))
Clerk declined – Checkusers will not link accounts to IPs, per the privacy policy.	((Decline-IP))
Endorsed by a checkuser	((Cu-endorsed))
Check declined by a checkuser	((Cudecline))
Delisted	((Delisted))
Inconclusive	((Inconclusive))
Not Applicable	((N/A icon))

Neutral sign
Closed	((Bug closed))
New:	((Bug new))
Second opinion requested	((GA2ndopinion))
=	((equc))

Purple turn-right
Deferred	((Deferred))
Defer to Abuse filter	((Deferabusefilter))
Defer to Local blacklist	((Deferblack))
Defer to Global blacklist	((Defermetablack))
Defer to WPSPAM	((Deferspam))
Defer to XLinkBot	((Deferspambot))
Defer to Whitelist	((Deferwhite))

Simple clock
Pending approval	((PendingRequest))
GA on hold	((GAOnHold))
On hold	((On hold))
On hold until	((OnHoldUntil))
clock	((cloc))

Clock
Proposal on hold	((ProposalOnHold))
Reviewing request.	((Reviewing request))
Awaiting administrative action	((Awaitingadmin))
C	((Await))
Later	((Later))
Pending	((Tobedone))
Discussion ongoing...	((Discussing))
Doing...	((Doing))
[[User:|]] is doing...	((Isdoing))
Started	((Started))
In progress	((In progress))
Checking...	((Checking))
Reviewing...	((Reviewing))

Information mark
Needs discussion	((NeedsDiscussion))
Note:	((A note))
Administrator note	((Administrator note))
Assigned	((Bug assigned))

Exclamation
High Priority	((High priority))
*	((N.b.))
Urgent:	((Urgent))
Investigating...	((Investigating))
	((Bang))
Requesting immediate archiving...	((Archive now))
Bureaucrat note:	((Bureaucrat note))
Checkuser note:	((CUnote))
Acknowledged	((Bug acknowledged)) (((Ack)))
Confirmed	((Bug confirmed))
Comment:	((Comment))
Remind	((Remind))
Remark:	((Remark))
Clerk note:	((Clerk-Note))
Robot clerk note:	((Clerk-Note-bot))
Renamer note:	((Renamer note))
Coordinator note:	((Coordinator-note))
This review has not received any comments in two weeks.	((Stale GAN))
Warning	((Warnsign))

Question mark
Suggestion	((Suggestion))
? Maybe	((Maybe-t))
Maybe	((Maybe-i))
?	((Qmark))
?	((Question mark))
	((InfoNeeded))
Not done for now	((Not done for now))
Not sure	((Not sure))
Not sure.	((Not sure2))
Question:	((Question))
foo:	((Question|label=foo))
Additional information needed	((MoreInfo))
Feedback required	((Bug feedback))
?	((Idkc))

Bulb
B	((Bulb))
B	((Bulb2))
Idea:	((Idea))
New proposal	((NewProposal))

Smile
Thank you	((Thank you))
Thank you very much!	((Thank you very much))
You're welcome!	((You're welcome))
Sorry!	((Sorry))
Thanks	((Thank))
Thank you	((WikiThanks))
No problem!	((No problem))

Thumb sign
	((Thumbs down))
	((Thumbs up))
	(((y)))
	(((n)))
Great!	((Great))
Like	((Like))
Dislike	((Dislike))

Others[edit]

ω Awaiting	((Awaiting))
( Buttinsky)	((Buttinsky))
Comment.	((Commentvote))
Dupe	((Bug dupe))
Merged	((Clerk-Note-merged))
New bug	((NewBug))
Bug fixed	((BugFixed))
Duplicate proposal	((DuplicateProposal))
Just curious...	((Justcurious))
Proposal out of scope	((ProposalOutOfScope))
Moved to Commons	((Moved to commons))
Orz...	((Orz))
( Peanut gallery comment)	((Peanut))
Possibly	((Possibly))
I have read the above message. I will reply when I have a moment.	((Read))
Received	((Received))
Redflag	((Redflag))
Redundant	((Redundant symbol))
Reopened	((Reopened))
@Example:	((Reply to))
Reverted	((Reverted))
rimshotⓘ	((Rimshot))
Review	((Twomanrule))
Review – This section is under review or has been partially reviewed by	((UnderReview))
Facepalm	((Facepalm))
Running with scissors is too dangerous for Wikipedia!	((Scissors))
Self-trout	((Self-trout))
Self-whale... for when a trout just isn't enough	((Self-whale))
Sent	((Sent))
per snowball clause	((Snow))
SUL Check	((SULcheck))

ToDo	((ToDo))
Undone	((Undone))
Uploaded	((Uploaded))
Request withdrawn	((Withdrawn))
Working	((Working))
Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.	((WPcrystalball))
Completed	((Completed))
Blocked but awaiting tags	((Sblock))
Possible	((Possible))
Not possible	((Not possible))
Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely)	((Possilikely))
Unlikely	((Unlikely))
Replaced	((Replaced))
Looks like a duck to me	((Duck))
	((Duck2))
Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me	((Megaphoneduck))
1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny	((Megaphoneduck|ultimate))
Clerk assistance requested:	((Clerk Request))
Relisted	((Relisted))
No sleepers immediately visible	((Nosleepers))
Behavioural evidence needs evaluation	((Behaviour))
Global lock(s) requested	((GlobalLocksRequested))
Stale	((StaleIP))
The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says:	((8ball))
CheckUser is not a crystal ball	((Crystalball))
CheckUser is not for fishing	((Fishing))
CheckUser is not magic pixie dust	((Pixiedust))
¯\_(ツ)_/¯	((Shrug))
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)	((Lenny))
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻	((Table flip))

Multi-sign templates[edit]

The following templates implement several icons:

• ((AIV)) – used by Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
• ((AN3)) - used by Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard and its subpages
• ((BOTREQ)) - used by Wikipedia:Bot requests
• ((CPC)) - used by Wikipedia:Copyright problems
• ((CUI)) - used by CheckUsers
• ((EFFP)) – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives
• ((EFR)) – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested
• ((EP)) – used for servicing requests in edit-protected areas
• ((RFPP)) – used by Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
• ((RFPC)), ((RFPNPR)), ((RFPPM)), ((RFPR)) – used by subpages of Wikipedia:Requests for permissions
• ((UAA)) – used by Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention
• ((UND)) – used by Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion
• ((Smiley)) – used for informal communication purposes
• ((Article history))

Others[edit]

• Template:Check mark templates, for templates like these but without text
• Template:Icon, a template that creates an inline icon/image that is used in metapages
• Wikipedia:List of discussion templates, a more linear table of essentially the same set of templates
• Template:Resolved/See also, the smaller family of thread-level hatnote templates, similar to the above but with a box around them; any template above can be converted to one of those with ((Resbox))
• Template:Table cell templates/doc, the family of table-specific templates that work only in tables
• Category:Image with comment templates
• Category:Resolution templates{| class="plainlinks" width="100%" style="background: #f8fcff;"