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One of several of Godot13's quality submissions during round 1
That's it, the first round is done, sign-ups are closed and we're into round 2. 64 competitors made it into this round, and are now broken into eight groups of eight. The top two of each group will go through to round 3, and then the top scoring 16 "wildcards" across all groups. Round 1 saw some interesting work on some very important articles, with the round leader Freikorp (submissions) owing most of his 622 points scored to a Featured Article on the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within which qualified for a times-two multiplier. This is a higher score than in previous years, as Godot13 (submissions) had 500 points in 2014 at the end of round 1, and our very own judge, Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) led round 1 with 601 points in 2013.
In addition to Freikorp's work, some other important articles and pictures were improved during round one, here's a snapshot of a few of them:
Rodw (submissions) developed an extremely timely article to Good Article, taking Magna Carta there some 800 years after it was first sealed;
And last but not least, Godot13 (submissions) (FP bonus points) worked up a number of Featured Pictures during round 1, including the 1948 one Deutsche Mark(pictured right), receiving the maximum bonus due to the number of Wikis that the related article appears in.
You may also wish to know that The Core Contest is running through the month of March. Head there for further details - they even have actual prizes!
Chaged a number of Lua modules (from deprecated function mw.wikibase.getEntity to mw.wikibase.getEntityObject)
Updated the json documentation
Always link to Wikidata on client pages that don’t have any langlinks. This affects users without JavaScript and logged out users, logged in users will still see the link item dialog. gerrit:168632
Fixes for the Wikibase qunit Jenkins job
Made Vagrant git-update also properly update Wikibase and dependencies
Fix for phabricator:T88254 (malformatted Wikidata entries appearing in Watchlist RSS feed in clients)
Final touches on new header design
Investigated how we can provide language fallback also in suggestions when search or adding new statements
More work on allowing additional languages in monolingual text datatype
Added missing backend piece for quantities with units. Now the remaining piece is the user interface.
I took some of the information from http://www.modulaware.com/mdlt11.htm and credited the website as one of the reference. I am not sure why the section taken from the website deleted and my article was declined with reason 'Copyright violation.'
Citation
Can you please guide me to the best place for learning how to do proper citation for my wiki article. I tend to get a little lost looking for it and wan to make sure I'm doing it correctly. Any help will greatly be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joseph Jensen (talk • contribs) 20:12, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
RHaworth, I resubmitted my article and it was deleted because of unambiguous copyright infringement of
http://aalbc.com/auth/kimberla.htm This is a page dedicated to the author that I believed would give another reliable source to the article. When I asked the previous reviewer how many additional footnotes were needed, they state there is no correct amount, but that it appeared I had improved the quality of the links. Thus, I resubmitted and got your response. I'm not even sure now how to go back and look at the draft, since it's been deleted? Do I need to start entirely over, can't I access my last version? Totally lost and would appreciate your help! Thank you so much, Cdettman64 (talk) 16:10, 2 March 2015 (UTC)cdettman64
22:52, 19 February 2015 RHaworth (talk | contribs) deleted page Draft:Kimberla Lawson Roby (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://aalbc.com/authors/kimberla.htm)
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent software changes
A Lua function to use Wikidata has changed. You need to update the pages that use it. [1]
You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Uzbek and Minangkabau. You need to enable it in your Beta options.
You can now hide banners if you don't have an account. [2][3]
Software changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).
You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.
Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [4][5][6][7]
The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [8]
The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [9]
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.
You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [10]
Future changes
You will be able to get a direct link for a section of a page. [11]
A letter clarifying copyright ownership and permitting use of the material under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) has been sent to [email protected]. The official bio has been used in other places and can be used by others in the future as well. All of the facts and information stated in the general info section was cited and supported. Please let me know if this was an issue as well and we can further clarify all of the information.
Jsmith2122 (talk) 23:45, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Draft: Hollow Fiber Bioreactors
Thank you for looking over my draft submission on Hollow Fiber Bioreactors. I have removed the copyrighted content that was located in the first section. I believe the article is good to go now.
HalinaZakowicz (talk) 05:15, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
The Wikimedia Foundation gave the Signpost an advance copy of the results of a survey of English Wikipedia readers regarding Wikimedia fundraising, due for official release today.
In an effort to protect and maintain the privacy of Wikipedia's thousands of editors, the Wikimedia Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the United States' National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and the Attorney General.
A dull week, with only three new entries in the top 10; a UFC champion, a Google Doodle and a Hindu festival involving people throwing powder at each other (though that does sound fun).
I continue to be excited about the Core Contest because I see it as a way of encouraging the expansion of broad articles that are typically neglected by our article improvement incentives.
I request assistance, since I did not understand the motivation leading to decline the article. I have seen the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule, and I wonder why the information provided is not verifiable. In other words, the editors of the journals and books cited are among the leaders in the field and they constitute also reliable sources that are entirely independent of the subject. Could you please kindly tell me with some more detail why my argument is wrong? Could you also please suggest me what else I should do to improve the article? (Notice that there are not only the selected citations, but there is also reference to the personal page of RS for further details). Thank you very much for your patience.
Dave001dave (talk) 21:45, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
This band had a large following on the gig circuit around fulham
they are a real group but they where very bad they done covers of mainly beatles tracks and there video sold over 10,000 at the gigs
they are known for playing the song creep by radiohead 5 times at a gig because it is the only song the singer could sing ok
i am not try to say these are legends mearly an example of a pub group
check out their video on you tube with over 100,000 hits
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
The servers that resize images are using new software. You should report new problems that you notice with images. [12]
It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [14][15]
Problems
Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).
A puzzle piece icon () now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [16][17]
You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [18][19]
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [20][21]
You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [22]
We announce with sadness and gratitude that Signpost publication and newsroom manager Pine will be stepping back to focus on other Wikipedia and Wikimedia-related endeavors.
This process is now entering its long-awaited final phase with the upcoming SUL finalization, scheduled for April 15, less than a month away. ... Wikimedia Foundation chief talent and culture officer Gayle Karen Young announced her retirement from the Foundation this week. Young will be replaced in that role by interim chief operating officer Terry Gilbey. According to the Foundation's job description for the title as it was applied in the past, Gilbey will be in charge of "overall administration and business operations of the Wikimedia Foundation."
On March 13, Kelly Weill of Capital New York revealed that numerous Wikipedia edits originated from 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the NYPD. Most of the attention has focused on a number of their edits to articles about incidents of alleged police brutality and controversial police practices.
The publication of the Wikimedia survey findings on fundraising questions came three months after significant concerns were voiced about the design and wording of the December 2014 fundraising banners and e-mails.
Lots of improvements around MixNMatch. It has a new catalog overview page. ~340K IDs have been matched so far with it and it now has an FAQ for institutions wanting to get their identifiers linked in Wikidata
First screenshot of the primary sources tool that'll help with migrating data from Freebase and enriching it with references has been leaked ;-): 1 and 2
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).
The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [24]
VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [25][26][27]
When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [28]
Meetings
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.
Future changes
Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [29]
Once when I was young, growing up in the 1990s, my father pulled his collection of railroad slides out from the basement, set up his projector, and shared a glimpse into American railway history with our family.
The authors attempt to answer the question "Who are the most important people of all times?" Their findings clearly show that different Wikipedias give different prominence to different individuals.
A university gives a top Wikipedia editor free and full access to the university library's entire online content—and the Wikipedia editor, who is unpaid and not on campus, then creates and improves Wikipedia articles in a subject area of interest to the institution.
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Recent changes
You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [30]
You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [31][32][33]
All sites should now be faster if you have a recent browser. [34]
You could see a serious bug when editing some templates with VisualEditor. It was fixed quickly. [35]
VisualEditor could break when you edited an image. The issue was fixed quickly. [36]
Changes this week
The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 31. It will be on all Wikipedias from April 1 (calendar).
VisualEditor is now the main editing tool on 53 more Wikipedias. [37]
You can now edit the mobile site of all wikis without an account. [38]
You can test a new tool on the beta mobile site on the English Wikipedia. With the new tool, you can create lists of articles. [39]
You can now see that VisualEditor is opening even if you're not looking at the top of the page. [40]
VisualEditor doesn't leave empty titles with just nowiki tags any more. [41][42][43][44]
You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.
You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.
My prior submission of Draft:Hild (novel) contained a publisher's blurb I had quoted in the Novel summary section. I've replaced that with my own text and have made numerous other edits. I'm about to resubmit the page for publication and I wonder if you'd have time to read it before I do and let me know if you see any other problems. Thanks!
Juniperpaul (talk) 07:06, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
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