User talk:Cwobeel/Archives/2015/June

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Caution

Your last edit on Dennis Hastert violated a number of policies, not least of which is WP:BLP. Jonathunder (talk) 21:11, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

@Jonathunder:, please discuss in talk. The material is sourced and a summary of an entire section, so there is no BLP concern. We are discussing a possible UNDUE issue, and I made a proposal for you and others to consider. - Cwobeel (talk) 21:37, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for your tireless defense against vandalism! GeneralizationsAreBad (talk) 22:35, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Leo Frank

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Leo Frank. Legobot (talk) 00:02, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Ariana Grande

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Thank you!

Thank you, Cwobeel... and believe it or not, I was preparing to drop one of these barnstars upon you...

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your excellent efforts on articles relating to American politics and society, I am pleased to confer this barnstar on you. Keep up the excellent work! Neutrality^talk 04:07, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Oh, thank you! Coming from you it is doubly appreciated. - Cwobeel (talk) 14:08, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 10 June 2015

News and notes: Chapter financial trends analyzed, news in brief

This week saw the publication of the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013, a now-completed research project that examines the finances and outlays of the 36 movement-affiliated chapters.

Traffic report: Two households, both alike in dignity

"Happy families are all alike," Leo Tolstoy said, "but unhappy families are unhappy after their own fashion."

In the media: Arbitration case attracts media coverage; Wikipedia in Israel

UK media covers Wikipedia Arbitration case; Lila Tretikov visits Israel.

Featured content: Just the bear facts, ma'am

Four featured articles, two featured lists, one featured topic, and twenty-eight featured pictures were promoted this week.

Technology report: Wikimedia sites are going HTTPS only

Today it was announced that Wikimedia sites are going to become HTTPS only, finishing up 10 year effort of rolling out HTTPS.

Blog: Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in Chinese

The Medical Translation Project, an ambitious attempt to improve and translate Wikipedia’s medical content from English into other languages, began in 2012.

RfC: Religion in infoboxes of nations

There is an RfC that you may be interested in at Template talk:Infobox country#RfC: Religion in infoboxes of nations. Please join us and help us to determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 14:10, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Please take another look

Hello! I am leaving this note for you because you participated in a deletion discussion about the Wikipedia article titled Institute of Continuing Education. I substantially expanded the article today (for the helluvit), and would appreciate if you would take a look and see if it’s better than when you last saw it. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 03:46, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

WP:DNNY

As I said, don't be surprised that backlogs accumulate when idiots drive off administrators. I don't often close discussions, and dealing with the Dunning-Kruger effect is generally the biggest reason why; it's wearying to waste one's time attempting to explain to people that they don't even know what they're talking about. Nyttend (talk) 04:33, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Nyttend, this project is successful because of idiots, semi idiots, wise, unwise, crazy, sane, learned, unlearned and all others came together to build something better that could be done by experts and scholars. You have been editing since the first days of this project and it is surprising that you think the way you do. - Cwobeel (talk) 04:41, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 17 June 2015

In the media: Wikipedia wins Asturias Prize; printing out Wikipedia; HTTPS switch

The Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that Wikipedia would be the recipient of the 2015 Princess of Asturias award in the category of International Cooperation.

Arbitration report: An election has consequences

The Arbitration Committee delivered its final decision in a case that reached the attention of the UK national press.

In focus: Three weeks to save freedom of panorama in Europe

This would end a long-standing tradition in many countries that the skyline and the public scene should belong to everybody.

Op-ed: Making a difference in Wikipedia, one GA at a time

We need to be ever-diligent in ensuring that articles remain of high quality.

Technology report: HTTPS-only rollout completed; proposal to enable VisualEditor for new accounts

The rollout of HTTPS only has now been completed across all Wikimedia wikis.

Interview: A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars

We interviewed an Australian veteran who deployed to the region as a peacekeeper and now writes articles on the region's history to help him understand what he encountered there.

News and notes: Labs outage kills tools, self; news in brief

A more than usually severe outage Wikimedia Labs occurred after a massive database corruption implosion on June 17.

Featured content: Great Dane hits 150

Six featured articles, seven featured lists, and seven featured pictures were promoted this week.

Discussion report: A quick way of becoming an admin

Author's note: This might be a violation of WP:BEANS; read at your own risk.

WikiProject report: Western Australia speaks – we are back

It wouldn't be the WikiProject report if we didn't feature an Australian topic once in a while, so this week we're looking at the left side.

"2012 Benghazi attack" entry edits

@Cwobeel: @VictoriaGrayson: Your comments, reverting my edited revision 667641821, and those of VictoriaGrayson, belong on a Talk Page. Discussions such as yours and hers should not generally be conducted in Undo or Revert edit summaries, which are not intended for that purpose. (Cwobeel, I note you have been called "internet famous".) VictoriaGrayson, insofar as you have standing with "pending changes reviewer rights", you should really try to show less bias if labeling well-established news outlet sources as not "neutral" enough. Professor JR (talk) 10:30, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

@Professor JR: Learn about WP:BRD. I am uninterested in engaging on discussions unless you abide by BRD. In this case you made a bold addition, and you were reverted by VictoriaGrayson. At that point you needed to discuss, not revert again as you did. If you want to engage in a discussion constructively, self-revert... - Cwobeel (talk) 14:17, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

@Cwobeel: @VictoriaGrayson: Thanks for your very welcomed advice. I agree. And, if VictoriaGrayson had started her challenge to the "neutrality" of the sources cited in the edit in question by using BRD, all this could have been avoided. Since she did not, I should have, as you suggest. Thanks again. Professor JR (talk) 15:35, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Please self-revert

I AGF for this revert. Your edit summary reads "Please stop and engage in talk" but you reverted me who actually posted multiple times on the subject on the talk page and you support Nomoskedasticity who didn't engage at all in the conversation. This is beyond the fact you reverted BLP back into the article. Thanks, 31.44.136.75 (talk) 21:50, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

You need to stop edit warring. Nough said. - Cwobeel (talk) 21:53, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

Can you comment on the matter instead of attacking me? Is 'dangerous extremist whose actions could plunge everybody into a bloody religious war' BLP or not? 31.44.136.75 (talk) 22:22, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

That is what the source say. In WP we report what reliable sources say about a subject. In the article, that text is on a quote and not on the article's body. If you have concerns you need to discuss in talk. - Cwobeel (talk) 22:46, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

You might have missed the memo but WP is an encyclopedia not an index. I have discussed everything in length but you chose to support the guys who didn't. 31.44.136.75 (talk) 08:01, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Clarification

Hi Cwobeel,

I was just wondering if you could clarify your comments on this talk page. It appears there is a misunderstanding (possibly on my part) as to who your comment was directed to, and what exactly you meant.

Thanks, Nations United (talk) 02:14, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Please comment on Template talk:Infobox person

The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Template talk:Infobox person. Legobot (talk) 00:01, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 June 2015

From the editor: The Signpost tagging initiative

Over more than a decade of weekly publication, The Signpost has accumulated an incredibly lengthy and detailed record about the issues, controversies, successes, and failures of the English Wikipedia community and the movement at large.

Op-ed: Content Translation beta is coming to the English Wikipedia

The Wikimedia Foundation's Language Engineering team plans to introduce Content Translation—a tool that makes it easier to translate Wikipedia articles into different languages—as a beta feature on the English Wikipedia.

Special report: Small impact of the large Google Translation Project on Telugu Wikipedia

During 2009–2011 Google ran the Google Translation Project (GTP), a program utilising paid translators to translate most popular English Wikipedia articles to various Indian language Wikipedias.

Featured content: One eye when begun, two when it's done

Four articles and nine pictures were promoted to featured status this week.

Recent research: How Wikipedia built governance capability; readability of plastic surgery articles

One paper looks at the topic of Wikipedia governance in the context of online social production.

Technology report: 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus and Multimedia roadmap announced

This past week saw the kick-off of the 2015 MediaWiki architecture focus of improving our content platform.

News and notes: Board of Trustees propose bylaw amendments

The Board of Trustees is the "ultimate corporate authority" of the Wikimedia Foundation and the level at which the strategic decisions regarding the Wikimedia movement are made ...

In the media: Turkish Wikipedia censorship; "Can Wikipedia survive?"; PR editing

The Hürriyet Daily News reports that the Turkish Wikipedia has posted banners on the top of the encyclopedia to warn users that a number of articles are being blocked by the Turkish government.

Blog: 7,473 volumes at 700 pages each: meet Print Wikipedia

After six years of work, a residency in the Canadian Rockies, endless debugging, and more than a little help from my friends, I have made Print Wikipedia.